Laredo Times

Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners paid an average compensation of $53,978 during 2020, this was more than the public employee average of $51,794, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

The highest-paid public employee in Texas was Brian Guthrie, who earned $754,275 as the executive director at the Teacher Retirement System.

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	John Helenberg	$113,413
2	Candice Simon	$87,500
3	Brittany Sharkey	$84,000
4	Ernesto Palacios III	$77,500
5	Michael Tacker	$67,000
6	Catherine Torres	$63,000
7	Wanda Bennett	$53,000
8	Kevin McDonald	$52,000
9	Vlerah Kandace Van	$47,954
10	Patricia Simer	$46,200
11	Jerod Honrath	$46,000
12	Maricela Santibanez	$45,000
13	Michael Campos	$44,000
13	Juan Dockens	$44,000
15	Mary Blenis	$40,000
16	Perry Goggins	$38,000
16	Valerie Mitchell	$38,000
18	Lillian Lopez	$35,000
19	Roberta Nevares	$32,000
20	Brittany Russell	$26,000