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Teacher Retirement System paid an average compensation of $102,288 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	Jase Auby	$450,000
2	Eric Lang	$392,000
3	Brian Guthrie	$355,141
4	Dale West	$344,000
5	Neil Randall	$315,000
6	Ram Balachandran	$307,000
6	James Nield	$307,000
8	Sylvia Bell	$303,000
8	Kathleen Hoffman	$303,000
10	Grant Walker	$302,000
11	Jerry Albright	$300,000
11	Carolina De Onis	$300,000
13	Michael Pia	$296,000
14	Heather Traeger	$295,800
15	John Gilbert	$290,658
16	Carolyn Hansard	$290,000
16	Andrew Roth	$290,000
18	Ackeren Kenneth Van	$284,850
19	Mark Albert	$282,353
20	John Cosgrove	$282,333
21	Denise Lopez	$271,320
22	Joel Hinkhouse	$267,030
23	Kimberly Carey	$265,500
24	Bernard Bozzelli	$265,000
25	Shayne McGuire	$254,226
26	Tamara Polewik	$247,200
27	Michael Lazorik	$244,080
28	Dennis Gold	$239,200
29	Bogdan Poustovoi	$235,689
30	Donald Green	$235,635
31	Ashley Baum	$235,400
32	Craig Rochette	$235,000
32	Jennifer Wenzel	$235,000
34	Scott Ramsower	$234,150
35	John Watkins	$233,756
36	Stacey Peot	$232,652
37	David Destefano	$232,568
38	Shelby Morgan	$231,000
39	William Arnold	$228,800
40	Joseph Linn	$225,923
41	Courtney Villalta	$223,500
42	Deanna Buck	$221,450
43	James Rogers	$219,500
44	Bianca Green	$218,360
44	Steven Poliner	$218,360
46	Justin Wang	$217,419
47	Marissa Hogan	$217,388
48	Mark Telschow	$216,581
49	Daniel Judd	$216,200
50	William Carpenter	$216,000
50	Matthew Halstead	$216,000
52	William Simmons	$215,270
52	Jennifer Steiger	$215,270
54	Richard Campbell	$213,964
55	Chris Cutler	$213,210
56	Steven Wilson	$212,700
57	Jean-Benoit Daumerie	$212,200
58	Janet Bray	$212,176
59	Katrina Daniel	$210,896
60	Timothy Koek	$210,000
60	Kirk Sims	$210,000
62	Stephen Kim	$209,000
62	Joshua Morgan	$209,000
64	Yu-Kung Chang	$208,000
65	Barbara Pearson	$207,107
66	Lourdes Llano	$207,000
67	Mark Cassens	$206,585
68	Rebecca Merrill	$205,700
69	Francis Crown	$200,855
70	Kyle Schmidt	$200,000
70	Wayne Speer	$200,000
70	Matthew Talbert	$200,000
73	Marvin Henry	$197,600
74	Khoi Tran	$195,165
75	Merita Zoga	$192,523
76	Alice McAfee	$192,150
76	Jessica Palvino	$192,150
76	Kevin Wakley	$192,150
79	Derek Sbrogna	$185,902
80	Donald Carter	$185,646
81	Amanda Jenami	$185,000
81	Janie Duarte	$185,000
83	Kendall Courtney	$184,800
84	Jaime Llano	$183,383
85	Jared Morris	$182,000
86	Michael Phillips	$181,900
87	Frances Torres	$180,472
88	Haley Trainor	$180,000
89	Billy Lowe	$178,268
90	Joyce Chow	$177,000
90	Brendan Cooper	$177,000
92	David Cox	$174,875
93	Steven Peterson	$174,579
94	Thomas Albright	$173,250
94	Stephanie Daul	$173,250
96	Kyle Weigum	$171,881
97	William Howard	$171,600
97	Stephanie Perkins	$171,600
99	Demetrius Pope	$171,316
100	Pai Wu	$170,411