North Texas News

Board of Dental Examiners paid an average compensation of $55,303 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	Brooke Bell	$139,327
2	Casey Nichols	$127,435
3	Lauren Studdard	$98,800
4	Leticia Kappel	$98,800
5	Cassandra Kamp	$85,000
6	Christine Sanchez-Mendez	$84,240
7	Anitra Abdullah-Levy	$75,860
8	Sonya Subash	$74,000
9	Christopher Gregory	$72,133
10	Carol Pepper	$65,867
11	Melinda Hieber	$65,000
11	Cary Bruner	$65,000
11	Evelyn Hernandez	$65,000
11	Jessica Menchaca	$65,000
15	Daniel Matthews	$64,615
16	Joshua Walsh	$61,800
17	Ivette Carbajal	$53,550
18	Lee Lannen	$51,685
19	Kendra Davidovich	$51,000
20	Jacob Bunn	$47,331
21	Lisa Fernandez-Chairez	$46,800
22	Wendy Richardson	$46,467
23	Marian Brady	$46,350
24	Shauna Stacey	$45,030
25	Diana Spiller	$45,000
25	Connan Hinch	$45,000
25	Lynda Roach	$45,000
25	Charlice Kruger	$45,000
25	William Jackson	$45,000
30	Trina Smith	$44,551
31	Kiara Collins	$44,551
32	Ella Bailey	$44,443
33	Kimberly Lenderman	$44,286
34	Rafael Cruz	$43,500
35	Tami Vanderheiden	$43,000
36	Annette Lopez	$40,000
37	Valerie Arnold	$39,936
38	Alma Lujan	$39,140
39	Diane Hobson	$37,775
40	Bobbie Williams	$37,475
41	Lori Becker	$37,080
42	Guadalupe Escobedo	$35,190
43	Miranda Quintanilla	$35,146
44	Veronica Vargas	$34,742
45	Alisa Flores	$34,000
46	Jessica Castilleja	$33,840
47	Christina Reyna	$33,000
48	Jered Nuss	$31,800