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Hire Year

1997 — Texas public hires

24 employee records in the Texas Tribune Government Salaries Explorer dataset report a hire date in 1997, with an average annualized base pay of $185,242. Values range from $44,357 to $288,655; the median is $210,000.

Employees24
Average pay$185,242
Median pay$210,000
Lowest pay$44,357
Highest pay$288,655

Highest-paid employees hired in 1997

NameTitleAgencyAnnual pay
Mohamed Bur DEPUTY DIRECTOR III TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION $288,655
Stacy Holland DEPUTY DIRECTOR III DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY $285,000
Jason Hester DEPUTY DIRECTOR III DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY $285,000
Charles Hicks DEPUTY DIRECTOR III DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY $285,000
Jessica Ballew DEPUTY DIRECTOR III DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY $285,000
Kyle Matheson DEPUTY DIRECTOR II DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY $260,000
Benjamin Wilson DIRECTOR VIII DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY $235,000
Mimzie Dennis DIRECTOR VIII DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY $235,000
Adam Kinslow DIRECTOR VIII DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY $235,000
Maria Ramon GENERAL COUNSEL V OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION $229,441
Patrick Garcia DISTRICT JUDGE, ACTIVE COMPTROLLER'S - JUDICIARY $210,000
Earl Stover Iii DISTRICT JUDGE, ACTIVE COMPTROLLER'S - JUDICIARY $210,000
Dibrell Waldrip DISTRICT JUDGE, ACTIVE COMPTROLLER'S - JUDICIARY $210,000
Marta Talbert DEPUTY DIRECTOR I DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES $201,600
Miguel Arellano DIRECTOR VII TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION $201,084

Agencies hiring in 1997

About these records

This page lists the Texas state employee records whose reported hire date falls in 1997. Every figure above is computed from those records in the TX Salary Watch dataset, which is mirrored from the Texas Tribune Government Salaries Explorer. Annualized base pay is a published snapshot and excludes overtime, longevity, and benefits.