Laredo Times

State Commission on Judicial Conduct paid an average compensation of $72,179 during 2021, this was more 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	Jacqueline Habersham	$128,000
2	Michael Graham	$109,000
3	Ronald Bennett	$90,000
4	Lorin Hayes	$87,500
5	George Robertson	$80,000
6	Katherine Mitchell	$75,000
7	Katherine Cheng	$70,000
7	Pierson Zindia Thomas	$70,000
9	Cherie Thomas	$58,000
10	Kathryn Crabtree	$55,000
10	Crystal Lopez	$55,000
10	Elizabeth Trevino	$55,000
13	Patricia Leal	$41,000
14	Connie Paredes	$37,000