University of Houston System Chancellor Renu Khator was the highest-paid public university employee in Texas in 2023, earning more than $1 million a year in base pay plus several other contract perks that put her total compensation package around $1.9 million.
Records provided by the University of Houston and the University of Houston System show how she and her employees fared in the 2024-25 school year. The records only show base pay, so many athletics coaches do not appear on a list of the top 25 highest-paid employees.
For example, men’s basketball head coach Kelvin Sampson earned a $300,000 salary in base pay this academic year, but the Houston Chronicle reported in 2023 that he makes an average $4.75 million even without incentives for winning…