San Antonio Standard

Fourth Court of Appeals paid an average compensation of $106,222 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	Rebeca Martinez	$187,800
2	Luz Elena Chapa	$184,800
2	Irene Rios	$184,800
2	Lori Valenzuela	$184,800
2	Patricia Alvarez	$184,800
6	Liza Rodriguez	$169,400
7	Beth Watkins	$154,000
8	Michael Cruz	$115,000
9	Pamela Jewell	$110,943
10	Sharon Brown	$109,276
11	Valerie Najera	$108,050
12	John Salmon	$103,527
13	Matthew Compton	$100,951
14	Amy Wilson	$97,527
14	Dielen Nicolette Van	$97,527
14	Daniel Guzman	$97,527
14	Shannon Dunn	$97,527
14	Benjamin Robertson	$97,527
14	Nadeen Abou-Hossa	$97,527
14	Aaron O'Neil	$97,527
21	Leticia White	$71,891
22	Delbert Merritt	$71,326
23	Luz Estrada	$68,746
24	Lynn Domangue	$57,336
25	Elizabeth Montoya	$54,373
26	Cecilia Phillips	$47,947
27	Veronica Gonzalez	$44,558
28	Jamie Osio	$42,436
29	Monica Rivera	$41,000