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Court of Criminal Appeals paid an average compensation of $97,303 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	Sharon Keller	$204,600
2	Barbara Hervey	$201,600
2	Michael Keasler	$201,600
2	Mary Keel	$201,600
2	Robert Richardson	$201,600
6	David Newell	$184,800
6	Michelle Slaughter	$184,800
6	Kevin Yeary	$184,800
9	Richard Walker	$168,000
10	Sian Schilhab	$129,025
11	Carl Peterson	$113,080
12	Dannet Bock-Barnes	$112,112
12	Donald Cimics	$112,112
12	Catherine Cramer	$112,112
12	Michael Falkenberg	$112,112
12	Deni Garcia	$112,112
12	Kelly Gatewood	$112,112
12	Ingrid Grobey	$112,112
12	Carson Guy	$112,112
12	J. Hart	$112,112
12	Jeremy Hartman	$112,112
12	Jane Hensley	$112,112
12	Leslie Kuykendall	$112,112
12	Kristen Lines	$112,112
12	Elissa Marek	$112,112
12	Megan Molleur	$112,112
12	Marci Motes	$112,112
12	Anna-Kathryn Price	$112,112
12	Lisa Rickenberg	$112,112
12	Trevor Rosson	$112,112
12	Jill Sandal	$112,112
12	Kathleen Schneider	$112,112
12	James Smith	$112,112
12	Paul Still	$112,112
12	Valerie Strauss	$112,112
12	Holly Taylor	$112,112
12	Travis Tran	$112,112
12	Amy Wilson	$112,112
39	Deana Williamson	$98,000
40	Terri Counts	$72,000
41	Diana Norman	$71,000
42	Kelley Reyes	$70,000
43	Mark Adams	$65,000
44	Katherine Abell	$56,540
44	Asha Brown	$56,540
44	Lynda Charleson	$56,540
44	Alexander Comsudi	$56,540
44	MacKenzie Fitzgerald	$56,540
44	Sara Kiely	$56,540
44	Travis Maples	$56,540
44	Leonel Mata	$56,540
44	Luis Suarez	$56,540
53	Amy Strother	$49,647
54	Audrey Banda	$48,000
54	Wade Papadakis	$48,000
56	Diane Cuellar	$47,615
56	Ursula Curtis	$47,615
56	Fuente Andrea De La	$47,615
56	Traci Hall	$47,615
56	Genoveva Mendoza	$47,615
56	Laura Moorman	$47,615
56	Nichole Reedy	$47,615
56	Christina Vasquez-Tapia	$47,615
64	Elizabeth Hancock	$43,118
65	Stefanie Alvarez	$41,000
65	Kassandra Vega	$41,000
67	Frances Gutierrez	$40,000
68	Joann Dossett	$37,500