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Alcoholic Beverage Commission paid an average compensation of $68,513 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	Matthew Chaplin	$217,000
2	Adrian Nettles	$200,000
3	Dennis Beal	$175,000
4	Victor Kuykendoll	$174,996
5	Clark Smith	$165,000
6	Rheda Moseley	$160,000
6	Vanessa Mayo	$160,000
6	Ashley Healy	$160,000
9	Brandy Norris	$156,996
10	Ronald Swenson	$138,260
11	Paul Parent Jr.	$135,960
11	David Doggett	$135,960
11	Mark Menn	$135,960
11	Oliver Johnson	$135,960
11	Carla Thompson	$135,960
16	Darrell Dement	$126,148
17	Kevin Schwaller	$125,000
18	Heather Nevill	$120,996
19	Thomas Graham	$120,000
19	Jo Ann Joseph	$120,000
19	Joshua Alexander	$120,000
19	Shana Horton	$120,000
19	John Sedberry	$120,000
19	Amanda Fletcher	$120,000
25	David Whitt	$119,374
26	George Stolard	$117,300
27	Jared Staples	$115,000
28	John Reney Jr.	$114,647
29	Audrey Rosales	$110,000
30	Gilbert Alba	$109,474
30	Ryan Decuire	$109,474
30	Raul Salinas	$109,474
30	Joe Cavazos	$109,474
34	Nicholas Raymond	$108,165
35	Larry James	$108,000
36	Geoffery Weise	$106,793
36	William Chatham	$106,793
36	Joe Garcia	$106,793
36	Bobby Castillo	$106,793
36	Jason Winter	$106,793
36	Marc Langley	$106,793
42	John Altum	$106,406
43	Francisco Casares	$105,000
43	Anastasia Broadfoot	$105,000
43	Mariann Morelock	$105,000
46	Matthew Kelso	$102,438
46	Nicole Langley	$102,438
46	Ricardo Balli Jr.	$102,438
49	Dustin Johnson	$101,820
50	Martin Wilson	$101,000
51	Jose Pineda	$100,000
52	Lauri Sanchez	$99,000
52	Salim Ocasio	$99,000
52	Ricky Santerre	$99,000
55	Alberto Rodriguez	$98,899
56	Roger Devine	$98,647
56	Travis Shirley	$98,647
56	Jose Cruz II	$98,647
59	Patrick Connally	$98,000
60	Brent Puente	$97,087
61	David Duncan Jr.	$96,600
61	Shelia Lindsey	$96,600
63	Julie Ross	$96,000
63	Elizabeth Zamora	$96,000
63	Andrea Maceyra	$96,000
66	Matthew Cherry	$95,000
67	Bobby Pickett	$94,725
67	Henry Guevara	$94,725
67	James Jones	$94,725
67	Robert Wiest	$94,725
67	Dennis Chupe	$94,725
67	Neva Saenz	$94,725
67	Raul Ruiz	$94,725
67	Michael Sehon	$94,725
67	Gabriel Ramos	$94,725
67	Graig Francis	$94,725
67	Jeffery Farmer	$94,725
67	David Salazar	$94,725
79	Nolan Bowman	$93,820
80	Kyle Winfield	$93,600
81	Kerri Danieli	$92,400
82	Nicole Phillips	$92,000
83	Adrian Rodriguez	$90,718
83	James Sloan	$90,718
83	Chris Mittelmaier	$90,718
83	Alejandra Nieto	$90,718
83	Christopher Balboa	$90,718
83	Justin Walzel	$90,718
83	Jorge Alfaro Jr.	$90,718
90	Evangelina Aguilera	$90,225
90	William Russell	$90,225
92	Lara Allbright	$90,000
92	Tiffany Forister	$90,000
92	Mary Hamby	$90,000
92	John Beeler	$90,000
96	Christopher Porter	$89,500
97	Nichole Hamilton	$88,966
97	Michael Cantrell	$88,966
99	Segbe Golanyon	$88,146
99	Stacy Jackson	$88,146