Ft Worth Times

Office of Public Utility Counsel paid an average compensation of $89,976 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	Lori Cobos	$143,630
2	Dogood Ekoh	$110,538
3	Jon Oliver	$110,004
4	Tucker Furlow	$93,708
5	Shawnee Claiborn-Pinto	$92,004
6	Robert Crisalis	$90,000
7	Jessica Lance	$82,806
8	Janalee Paiz	$75,492
9	Zachary Stephenson	$74,016
10	Melissa Silguero	$61,644
11	Rosa Reyna	$55,892