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School for the Blind and Visually Impaired paid an average compensation of $51,645 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	Emily Coleman	$159,993
2	Sara Merritt	$138,869
2	Miles Fain	$138,869
4	Kathrine Borg	$134,255
5	Pamela Darden	$128,769
6	Cheryl Williams	$111,115
6	Dan Hampton	$111,115
8	Sally Freeman	$109,796
9	Valerie Perwein	$101,842
10	Debra Sewell	$98,996
11	Brian McDonald	$98,140
12	Matthew Schultz	$96,096
13	Eden Hagelman	$94,494
13	Tad Doezema	$94,494
15	G'Nell Price	$94,491
16	Eric Grimmett	$94,065
17	Keith Kirschling	$92,418
18	Christine Cowan	$90,959
19	Daniel Wheeler	$90,357
20	Adam Graves	$86,343
21	Carrie Farraje	$86,032
22	Cecilia Robinson	$85,893
23	Susan Houghtling	$85,438
24	Joshua Splinter	$85,068
25	Chris Montgomery	$83,764
26	Lynne McAlister	$83,032
27	Sara Kitchen	$82,996
28	Scott Baltisberger	$82,847
29	Laura Wofford	$82,800
30	Byron Barry	$82,000
31	Christopher Tabb	$80,782
32	Cynthia Bachofer	$79,978
33	Mary Shore	$79,955
34	Cyrenna Villegas	$79,827
35	Scott Brackett	$79,808
36	Shanna Hamilton	$79,054
37	Deanna Peterson	$77,743
38	Molly Omelchuck	$77,688
38	Carta Sara Bradley	$77,688
40	Allison Kemp	$75,947
41	Cynthia Adcock	$75,330
42	Katherine Garza	$75,329
43	Jose Arguello	$75,198
44	Kaycee Bennett	$74,778
45	Christina Casas	$74,400
46	Catherine Olsen	$73,788
47	John Rose	$73,493
48	Edgenie Bellah	$72,797
49	David Wiley	$72,525
50	Kristina Wibbenmeyer	$72,419
51	Gian Calaci	$70,872
52	Angela Wolf	$70,461
53	Brian Hudson	$70,000
54	Susan O'Brien	$68,868
55	Ariel Spiker	$68,536
56	Kendra Dorty	$67,569
57	Jaimee Kelton	$66,768
58	Rebecca Benson	$66,248
58	Morgan Barton	$66,248
60	Heather Whiteside	$66,040
61	Loren Crownover	$63,128
62	Kathryn Heitman	$62,718
63	Erica Hunter	$61,740
64	Tammy Reed	$61,692
65	Marsha Crumley	$61,048
66	Craig Abbe	$60,639
66	Denise Lehe	$60,639
68	Steven Landry	$60,384
69	Yolanda Shaw	$60,000
70	Mark Gronquist	$59,256
71	Bridget Dunn	$58,752
72	Bryan Maffett	$57,996
73	Mike Bittinger	$57,576
74	Miriam Miramontes	$57,564
75	Debra Rushing	$57,492
76	Claire Broadway	$56,376
77	Ashley Barker	$55,956
78	Pedro Mendez	$55,440
79	Ezequiel Zaragoza	$55,200
80	Tyler Thompson	$54,840
81	Phoebe Williams	$54,588
82	Beth Bailey	$54,445
83	Bethany Johnson	$54,384
84	Michelle Blackman	$54,329
85	Jennifer Daily	$54,000
86	Amanda Anguiano	$53,785
87	Benjamin Mohrbacher	$53,168
88	Douglas Naquin	$52,914
89	Courtney Gaar-Bever	$52,716
90	John Parsons	$52,275
91	Veronica Keating	$52,262
92	Patricia Robinson	$52,207
93	Shara Williams	$52,200
94	Wendy Weeks	$51,792
94	Ellen Grimmett	$51,792
96	Jenelle Racher	$51,600
97	Roseanna Godinez	$51,128
98	Courtney Canady	$51,000
98	Nora Carter	$51,000
98	Sue Kopecky	$51,000