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State Preservation Board paid an average compensation of $52,820 during 2019, this was more than the public employee average of $51,268, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

The highest paid public employee in Texas was James Willson, who earned $553,500 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	Roderick Welsh	$175,990
2	Bob Cash	$149,800
3	Alice James	$128,817
4	Linda Gaby	$128,664
5	Margaret Koch	$127,000
6	Cynthia Provine	$122,257
7	Erin Christensen	$121,473
8	Barbara Hanus	$109,701
9	David Munns	$109,527
10	Kevin Koch	$107,004
11	Christopher Currens	$106,090
12	Dale Hernandez	$102,099
13	Joe Medina	$100,301
14	David Byers	$96,985
15	Christopher Nunn	$95,000
16	Nathan Stephens	$90,000
17	Deanna Wall	$83,015
18	Katherine Betz	$80,400
18	Derek Lemons	$80,400
20	William Erwin	$78,276
21	Yvette Rendon	$74,868
22	Leslie Pawelka	$73,761
23	Robert Davis	$70,046
24	Carolyn Rzeppa	$70,000
25	Susan Beldock	$69,294
26	Ann Vay	$68,960
27	Douglas Young	$68,930
28	Gilbert Medina	$68,458
29	Rachel Santos-Ramirez	$68,000
30	Robert Tamayo	$66,350
31	Evan Windham	$66,000
32	Eric Avery	$64,800
33	David Ripper	$64,440
34	Franck Cordes	$64,272
35	Arnold Kleinebecker	$61,992
36	Valerie Simpson	$61,980
37	Leslie Adkins	$61,148
38	Emily Morris	$60,000
38	John Peel	$60,000
40	Misha Buckman	$58,500
40	Karen Griffin	$58,500
42	Virginia Benavidez	$56,784
43	Kathryn Siefker	$56,770
44	Hector Medrano	$56,746
45	Kaitlin Lloyd-Leva	$56,560
46	Joyce Aldridge	$56,400
47	Andre Bygrave	$56,000
48	David Flanegan	$55,800
49	Elizabeth Garzone	$55,526
50	Subhash Kodinariya	$54,000
50	James McReynolds	$54,000
50	Elizabeth Reid	$54,000
53	Mary Kennedy	$53,024
54	Michael Juen	$51,849
55	Angela Glasker	$51,600
56	Angela Knoll	$51,000
56	Lily Alpern	$51,000
56	Lindsey Alvarado	$51,000
59	Elithia Rangel	$50,400
60	Thomas Wancho	$50,055
61	James Barela	$49,868
62	Rachel Manning	$49,000
63	Michael Byers	$48,600
64	Reida Pearson	$48,598
65	Carlos Galvan	$48,000
66	Antony Hubbard	$47,981
67	Hannah Kemp	$47,500
68	Steven Aguirre	$47,420
69	Vincent Tamayo	$47,250
70	Melissa Tamporello	$47,004
71	Edward Bopp	$46,800
71	Richard Eisenhour	$46,800
73	Leah Bush	$46,500
73	Michael Dillon	$46,500
75	Alejandro Villalobos	$46,388
76	William Rittenhouse	$46,200
77	Kevin Paris	$46,080
78	Sheryl Baker	$45,000
78	Paige Hester	$45,000
80	David Pham	$44,805
81	Vashyra Waller	$44,700
82	Peter Castilleja	$44,652
83	Roberto Benavides	$44,512
84	Javier Cavazos	$44,100
85	William Wellborn III	$43,901
86	Phillip Torres	$43,800
87	Harry Flowers	$43,680
87	James Jennings	$43,680
89	Rosemary Rodriguez	$43,020
90	Isaac Edwards	$42,912
90	Freddie Flores	$42,912
92	Stefan Ruff	$42,300
93	Julie Boehm	$42,000
93	Gregory Caparis	$42,000
93	Bradley Diemer	$42,000
93	Sean Harrison	$42,000
93	Michelle Lambing	$42,000
93	John Simpson	$42,000
99	Irene Arispe	$41,897
100	Laura Cuellar	$41,228