Ft Worth Times

Second Court of Appeals paid an average compensation of $93,753 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	Bonnie Sudderth	$187,800
2	James Birdwell	$184,800
2	Dana WoMacK	$184,800
4	Elizabeth Kerr	$169,400
4	David Wallach	$169,400
6	Dabney Bassel	$154,000
7	Debra Spisak	$119,114
8	Lisa West	$112,859
9	Lauren Chadwick	$108,685
10	Clarissa Hodges	$108,302
10	Alyssa Jurek	$108,302
12	Patricia Askew	$100,044
12	Rebecca Heinemann	$100,044
12	Amy Hennessee	$100,044
12	Jennifer Roberts	$100,044
12	Dean Swanda	$100,044
12	Johannes Walker	$100,044
18	Paul Buratto	$95,044
18	Allegra Hill	$95,044
18	Shelly Messerli	$95,044
18	Logan Simmons	$95,044
22	Lisa Parks	$62,475
23	Prentiss Edmondson	$60,090
24	Patricia Adkinson	$56,967
24	Olivia Hibscher	$56,967
24	Krystal Spruill	$56,967
27	Curtis Kuykendall	$56,500
28	Rose Stewart	$55,359
29	Bonnie Alexander	$53,147
30	Karen Brown	$47,350
30	Shoshanna Cordova	$47,350
32	Rene Wallace	$40,188
33	Tammy Cooper	$38,408
34	Mary Charley	$35,700
35	Shvonne Owens	$26,000