Ft Worth Times

Second Court of Appeals paid an average compensation of $102,949 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	Bonnie Sudderth	$187,800
2	Dana WoMacK	$184,800
2	James Birdwell	$184,800
4	David Wallach	$169,400
4	Elizabeth Kerr	$169,400
6	Brian Walker	$154,000
6	Dabney Bassel	$154,000
8	Debra Spisak	$130,000
9	Lisa West	$114,000
10	Clarissa Hodges	$112,000
11	Logan Simmons	$105,000
11	Rebecca Heinemann	$105,000
11	Patricia Askew	$105,000
11	Jennifer Roberts	$105,000
11	Dean Swanda	$105,000
11	Amy Hennessee	$105,000
11	Alyssa Jurek	$105,000
18	Paul Buratto	$100,044
18	Shelly Messerli	$100,044
18	Allegra Hill	$100,044
18	Charles Gibson	$100,044
18	Craig Foster	$100,044
23	Lisa Arnesen	$62,475
24	Karen Brown	$56,967
24	Krystal Spruill	$56,967
24	Rose Stewart	$56,967
24	Ashley Godawski	$56,967
24	Patricia Adkinson	$56,967
24	Tammy Cooper	$56,967
24	Olivia Hibscher	$56,967
24	Bonnie Alexander	$56,967
32	Curtis Kuykendall	$56,500
33	Shvonne Owens	$27,200