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Department of Family and Protective Services paid an average compensation of $52,647 during 2021, this was less than the public employee average of $55,188, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

The highest-paid public employee in Texas was Beau Michelle Le, who earned $608,850 as the chief scientific officer at the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

The national median hourly wage is $19.14 according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the OECD, the average yearly wage in the US is more than $60,000.

When calculating average compensation, only employees categorized as full-time were included.

Rank	Employee	Amount Earned
1	Jaime Masters	$235,500
2	Tamela Griffin	$182,520
3	Corliss Lawson	$170,000
4	Deneen Dryden	$160,000
5	Julie Frank	$158,000
6	Vicki Kozikoujekian	$155,000
7	Lisa Petoskey	$154,797
8	Kezeli Wold	$150,454
9	Robert Richman	$150,000
10	Sasha Rasco	$149,643
11	Lisa Kanne	$149,021
12	Eric Mency	$147,180
12	Lea Biggar	$147,180
14	Stephen Black	$145,000
15	Andrew McGrath	$141,744
16	Chance Watson	$138,500
17	Jose Martinez	$133,900
18	George Cannata	$132,590
19	Mathis Hale	$131,810
20	Ray Yepes	$129,024
21	Robert Crimmins	$127,575
22	Prarthana Basireddy	$127,499
23	Sarah Abrahams	$126,702
24	Besa Bauta	$125,000
25	Brock Boudreau	$123,000
26	Marta Talbert	$122,720
27	Erica Banuelos	$121,916
28	William Walsh	$120,000
28	Theresa Thomas	$120,000
30	Margaret Collins	$119,195
31	Whitney Whiddon	$117,700
32	Candance Broussard-White	$117,056
33	Tommy Ward	$117,000
33	Tiffany Roper	$117,000
35	Sara Hill	$116,382
36	Adam King	$115,000
36	Ross Baxter	$115,000
38	Kaysie Taccetta	$114,996
39	Thuhang Tran	$114,276
40	Peter Hajmasy	$113,604
41	Ausra Benavides	$113,022
42	Crystal Bearley	$113,006
43	Angelita Lindemann	$112,739
44	Raul Higareda	$112,217
45	Sophia Karimjee	$112,000
46	Hector Ortiz	$110,985
47	Christopher Evaro	$110,571
48	John Silverthorne	$110,246
49	Stacey Vanderstek	$110,085
50	Kolby Gilseth	$110,000
51	Natalie Reeves	$109,189
51	Joanna Golliday	$109,189
51	Sharon Fonvielle-Baughman	$109,189
54	Marina Yzaguirre	$107,585
55	Efren Guedea	$107,000
56	Scott Greer	$106,737
57	James Yocum	$105,957
58	Horton Kathryn Sibley	$105,876
59	Ann Cortez	$105,796
60	Oladimeji Mosadomi	$105,602
61	Adriana Cosio-Franco	$105,114
62	Angie Voss	$105,021
63	Marie Sutton	$105,020
63	Monica Sanders	$105,020
63	Keith Gailes	$105,020
63	Matthew Gilbert	$105,020
67	Paula Perreira	$105,000
68	Lee Williams	$104,572
69	Ramona Black	$103,366
70	Rachel Duer	$102,996
71	Esmeralda Silva	$102,747
71	Hollie Mims	$102,747
71	Holly Ramos	$102,747
74	Dan August	$102,745
75	Kristen Norris	$101,569
76	Susan Jockisch	$101,380
77	Diana Perez	$101,115
78	Camille Payne	$100,950
79	Leshia Fisher	$100,791
80	Darrell Azar	$100,221
81	Myrna Baquero	$100,019
81	Jarita Wharton	$100,019
83	Angela Medina	$100,000
84	Yarodes Garcia	$99,779
85	Viktoriya Jensen	$99,754
86	Steven Luna	$99,644
87	Thomas Wasden	$98,545
88	Sharibeth Niehaus	$98,333
88	Buskirk Lindsey Van	$98,333
90	Robin Blackmon	$98,230
91	Vidhya Mani	$97,508
92	Rebecca Long	$96,945
93	Robert Stiles	$96,820
94	Natalie Taylor	$96,601
95	Jeffery Brown	$96,291
96	Elizabeth Kromrei	$95,763
97	Emily Nunez	$95,760
98	Cecilia Ojeda-Collins	$95,699
99	Dewey Britt	$95,451
100	Michael Mullins	$95,004