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Legislative & Executive

Senate, House, Governor, Comptroller, and other statewide officials.

8Agencies
235Employees
$147,304Sector average pay
$459,000Sector top pay

Agencies in this sector

AgencyEmployeesAvg payTop pay
COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS 88 $110,741 $335,710
SENATE 39 $194,575 $459,000
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 37 $122,401 $320,000
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR 24 $210,884 $335,710
TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 23 $135,546 $295,000
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD 15 $214,500 $304,500
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, TRUSTEE PROGRAMS 8 $146,972 $288,028
LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE LIBRARY 1 $181,912 $181,912

About this sector

The Legislative & Executive sector includes 8 agencies in the OpenPayrolls dataset. Together they account for 235 employee records, with annualized pay ranging up to $459,000 and a sector-wide average of $147,304. Senate, House, Governor, Comptroller, and other statewide officials.

Sector breakdowns are useful when comparing agencies that play similar roles in state government. A statewide average within a sector tells you what a typical employee in that line of work earns; agency-by-agency variation often reflects size, mission complexity, and geographic location of the workforce. To dig deeper, click into any individual agency above for the full employee directory, or compare a specific role across agencies from the job titles index.

Public payroll data is published in the public interest. It exists so taxpayers can see, in plain numbers, how the public workforce is structured and compensated. We add aggregations and search to make that data more useful — but the underlying records come straight from the State of Texas. See our methodology for sourcing and caveats.