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William Black

GENERAL COUNSEL V at RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS

$255,203Annualized pay
$21,267Monthly rate
December 17, 2012Hire date
2026Data year

Salary record

Full nameWilliam Black
Job titleGENERAL COUNSEL V
AgencyRAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS
Annualized base pay$255,203
Monthly rate$21,267
Hire dateDecember 17, 2012
Employment typeCRF - CLASSIFIED REGULAR FULL-TIME
Data year2026
Record ID97412

About this record

William Black is listed in the OpenPayrolls dataset as a GENERAL COUNSEL V at RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS. 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 GENERAL COUNSEL V at this agency typically pays $235,094 on average across all Texas state agencies, with values in the dataset ranging from $204,689 to $283,087. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS as a whole employs 41 people in our dataset, with an average annualized salary of $117,601.

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Similar pay at the same agency

Other employees at RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS with annualized pay closest to $255,203.

NameJob titleAnnual pay
Jeremy Hagen GENERAL COUNSEL V $255,105
Danny Sorrells DEPUTY DIRECTOR III $264,600
Christopher Hotchkiss GENERAL COUNSEL V $242,935
Randall Collins DIRECTOR VIII $240,000
Alexander Schoch GENERAL COUNSEL V $234,977
Cesar Saldivar DIRECTOR VII $227,240
Megan Neal GENERAL COUNSEL IV $208,958
Wei Wang DEPUTY DIRECTOR III $305,191