Corpus Christi Sun

Texas Racing Commission paid an average compensation of $72,540 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	Steven Bond	$126,000
2	Amy Cook	$115,000
3	Leon Freeman	$100,000
4	Virginia Fields	$96,000
5	Dwayne Price	$95,040
6	James Blodgett	$94,000
6	Connie Estes	$94,000
8	Anne Alley	$78,870
9	Curley Trahan	$77,200
10	Micheal Fleming	$60,996
11	Dinorah Chiu	$57,500
12	Jill Ward	$55,000
13	Michelle Turner	$54,720
14	Stacey Walker	$50,000
15	Mario Cruz	$49,791
16	Edna Griswold	$45,198
17	Lorraine Garcia	$44,400
18	Keri Slaughter	$42,800
19	Rhoda Campbell	$41,746