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Consumer Credit Commission paid an average compensation of $61,432 during 2019, this was more than the public employee average of $51,268, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

The highest paid public employee in Texas was James Willson, who earned $553,500 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	Leslie Pettijohn	$196,000
2	Michael Rigby	$150,054
3	Charles Lewis	$122,230
4	William Purce	$113,913
5	Matthew Nance	$100,952
6	William Roche	$90,188
7	Gregory Williams	$86,874
8	Christina Hoke	$84,426
9	Mirand Diamond	$83,330
10	Stephen Cantini	$77,160
11	Eric Fancher	$75,175
12	Christine Graham	$74,428
13	Karl Hubenthal	$73,146
14	Scott Fried	$71,049
15	Alfredo Hernandez	$69,403
16	Jason Schaefer	$68,807
17	Kathy Kline	$67,886
18	Brandon Saunders	$66,134
19	Veronica Gonzalez	$66,122
20	Carlos Garcia	$65,804
21	Christopher Buentello	$65,745
22	Candace Vargas	$64,956
23	Kimberly Billeaud	$64,108
24	Chester Ong	$63,486
25	Phoung Ung	$62,396
26	Artie Riley III	$62,370
27	Justin Dennis	$60,874
28	Nancy Ebert	$60,719
29	Adrian Perez	$60,511
30	Gunther De Valle	$60,325
30	Jeffrey Diggs	$60,325
32	Audrey Spalding	$60,000
33	Brian Arbogast	$59,697
34	Richard Aguilar	$58,856
35	Adrian Hernandez	$57,680
36	Thomas White	$57,504
37	Lindsey Schmidt	$57,446
38	Ginger Harmon	$56,489
39	Myrna Lopez	$55,573
40	Hunter Owen	$55,174
40	Nayelli Sandoval	$55,174
42	Erik Morales	$55,046
43	Ricardo Lugo	$54,610
44	Louis Cruz	$54,591
45	James Brooks	$54,067
46	Kristen Benton	$53,471
47	Terry Ballard	$52,419
48	Douglas Mejia	$52,041
48	Tom Traweek	$52,041
50	Ashriiah Acii	$51,512
51	Jessica Carpenter	$50,526
51	Jonathan Carter	$50,526
51	Casey Cox	$50,526
51	Luz Sawin	$50,526
51	Harrison Verrett	$50,526
56	Andrea Johnson	$50,460
57	Ryan Vasquez	$50,400
58	Debrah Watts	$49,623
59	Chay Baker	$47,368
60	Lorene Tooley	$46,825
61	Jorge Alvarez	$45,112
61	Oscar Gonzales	$45,112
61	James Robinson	$45,112
61	Briget Williams	$45,112
65	Taj Tasawor	$45,000
66	Kanesha Daniels	$42,008
67	Nickolas Fisher	$42,000
68	Victor Serrato Jr.	$41,627
69	Phuong Jenkins	$41,041
70	Cecilia Bradfield	$38,189
70	Kristin Catano	$38,189
70	Monique Moise	$38,189
73	Joelle Lowe	$36,600
74	Carrie Trigg	$31,707
75	Donalyn Paglibuan	$27,912
76	Cynthia Martinez	$26,332