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Bassam Talafha

ENGINEERING SPECIALIST V at TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

$78,091Annualized pay
$6,508Monthly rate
March 8, 2000Hire date
2026Data year

Salary record

Full nameBassam Talafha
Job titleENGINEERING SPECIALIST V
AgencyTEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Annualized base pay$78,091
Monthly rate$6,508
Hire dateMarch 8, 2000
Employment typeCRF - CLASSIFIED REGULAR FULL-TIME
Data year2026
Record ID109582

About this record

Bassam Talafha is listed in the OpenPayrolls dataset as a ENGINEERING SPECIALIST V at TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. The annualized pay shown above is what the State of Texas reports for this employee at the time of the most recent published payroll snapshot. It represents base salary only — it does not include overtime, longevity pay, hazard pay, supplements paid from non-state funds, retirement contributions, health benefits, or any one-time payments.

The role of ENGINEERING SPECIALIST V at this agency typically pays $79,871 on average across all Texas state agencies, with values in the dataset ranging from $73,260 to $84,540. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION as a whole employs 489 people in our dataset, with an average annualized salary of $95,276.

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