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Department Of Family And Protective Services paid an average compensation of $51,633 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	Jaime Masters	$215,000
2	David Kinsey	$182,520
3	Roberto Rodriguez	$180,000
4	Trevor Woodruff	$176,753
5	Kristene Blackstone	$170,000
6	Rand Harris	$167,491
7	James Sylvester	$159,705
8	Demetrie Mitchell	$155,004
9	Chad Berdoll	$147,184
10	Audrey Carmical	$146,000
11	Sasha Rasco	$145,994
12	Kezeli Wold	$145,366
13	Lisa Kanne	$144,681
14	Richard Zimmerman	$138,868
15	Tiffany Roper	$135,000
16	Chance Watson	$134,466
17	Eric Mency	$133,127
18	Tamela Griffin	$131,580
19	Tara Olah	$129,013
20	George Cannata	$128,106
21	Sarah Abrahams	$126,702
22	Jane Burstain	$126,000
22	Rebecca Flores	$126,000
22	Ray Yepes	$126,000
25	Anna Ford	$125,000
26	Sherry Gomez	$124,956
27	Kaysie Taccetta	$123,000
28	Robert Crimmins	$121,500
29	Whitney Whiddon	$117,700
30	Melinda Gildart	$116,000
31	Mathis Hale	$115,344
32	Preeti Baranga	$115,000
33	Margaret Collins	$113,519
34	Candance Broussard-White	$113,098
35	Lea Biggar	$113,052
36	Sara Hill	$112,992
37	Sophia Karimjee	$112,000
38	Stacey Vanderstek	$110,085
39	Tommy Reed	$109,944
40	Carroll Pearson	$109,008
41	Christie Mitschke	$108,435
42	Angelita Lindemann	$107,884
43	Crystal Bearley	$107,625
44	Erica Banuelos	$107,014
45	Efren Guedea	$107,000
46	Jose Martinez	$106,000
46	Rachel Nicholson	$106,000
48	Christopher Evaro	$105,306
49	John Silverthorne	$104,996
50	Jared Davis	$104,191
51	Benny Beasley	$102,000
52	Horton Kathryn Sibley	$101,804
53	Ausra Benavides	$101,570
54	Kristen Norris	$101,569
55	Oladimeji Mosadomi	$101,540
56	Lee Williams	$101,527
57	Ross Baxter	$100,926
57	Brandon Wilson	$100,926
59	Darrell Azar	$100,221
60	Adriana Cosio-Franco	$100,109
61	Mark Prindle	$100,010
62	Scott Greer	$99,754
63	Susan Jockisch	$98,427
64	Robin Blackmon	$98,230
65	Shawn Vandygriff	$96,733
66	Camille Payne	$96,143
67	Pamela Kemp	$95,967
68	Dewey Britt	$95,451
69	Steve Buoy	$95,004
69	Viktoriya Jensen	$95,004
71	Lesley Guthrie	$95,000
71	Andrew Marshall	$95,000
73	Cristina Guerrero	$94,500
73	Tina Holmes	$94,500
75	James Yocum	$94,486
76	Ann Cortez	$94,167
77	Kathleen Phillips	$94,012
78	Robert Stiles	$94,000
79	Thomas Wasden	$93,852
80	Michael Roberts	$93,390
81	Vicki Buch	$93,222
82	Jenny Hinson	$93,150
83	Ramona Black	$92,004
84	Marina Yzaguirre	$91,894
85	Kimberly Lee	$91,670
86	Claire Hall	$91,370
87	Elizabeth Kromrei	$91,203
88	Kenya Johnson	$91,080
89	Brock Boudreau	$90,780
89	Mary Goehring	$90,780
91	Rebecca Long	$90,603
92	Marta Talbert	$90,396
93	Vidhya Mani	$90,285
94	Marissa Gonzales	$90,000
94	Charles McPherson Jr.	$90,000
94	Diana Perez	$90,000
97	Timmy Wuensche	$89,862
98	Eric Tai	$89,307
99	Leonard Krugel	$89,144
100	Regina Anderson	$89,105