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Hire Year

1998 — Texas public hires

28 employee records in the Texas Tribune Government Salaries Explorer dataset report a hire date in 1998, with an average annualized base pay of $141,856. Values range from $55,462 to $320,000; the median is $113,284.

Employees28
Average pay$141,856
Median pay$113,284
Lowest pay$55,462
Highest pay$320,000

Highest-paid employees hired in 1998

NameTitleAgencyAnnual pay
Jason Taylor DEPUTY DIRECTOR IV DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY $320,000
John Streun PORTFOLIO MANAGER V EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM $296,980
Eric Lykins DEPUTY DIRECTOR III TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION $288,655
Thomas Allbritton DISTRICT ENGINEER TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION $244,800
Elizabeth Sifuentez Koch DEPUTY DIRECTOR I TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY $210,713
Jennifer Sherrill DIR, INFO SYSTEMS TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL $208,270
Jennifer Gonzales DIRECTOR VIII TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE $204,000
Mark Wiles MANAGER LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD $187,938
Karen Tram DIRECTOR IV COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS $172,272
Robert Barton JUDGE, RETIRED COMPTROLLER'S - JUDICIARY $170,375
Daniel Perry DIRECTOR VI TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION $161,100
Brian Lillie CAPTAIN, DPS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY $138,581
Aurelia Olivares LIEUTENANT, DPS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY $120,695
Joe Jarosek IT BUSINESS ANALYST IV OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL $119,531
Hoyt Agee SERGEANT, DPS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY $107,038

Agencies hiring in 1998

About these records

This page lists the Texas state employee records whose reported hire date falls in 1998. 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.