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Hire Year

2004 — Texas public hires

63 employee records in the Texas Tribune Government Salaries Explorer dataset report a hire date in 2004, with an average annualized base pay of $122,461. Values range from $28,228 to $512,461; the median is $91,836.

Employees63
Average pay$122,461
Median pay$91,836
Lowest pay$28,228
Highest pay$512,461

Highest-paid employees hired in 2004

NameTitleAgencyAnnual pay
Kathleen Hoffman Chief of Staff, IMD TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $512,461
Laura Montoya CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER II TREASURY SAFEKEEPING TRUST COMPANY $273,114
David Salazar DISTRICT ENGINEER TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION $243,444
Kenneth Kuntschik DIRECTOR TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF BANKING $240,948
Jared Whitson DIRECTOR TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF BANKING $240,786
Sharon Melville PHYSICIAN III DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES $232,000
Leah Gillum GENERAL COUNSEL V TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE $222,035
Monica Martinez DIRECTOR VII TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY $219,172
Deanna Degraw BENEFIT OPERATIONS M4 TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $210,677
Cynthia Wheless DISTRICT JUDGE, ACTIVE COMPTROLLER'S - JUDICIARY $210,000
Micheal Murray CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY COMPTROLLER'S - JUDICIARY $210,000
Graham Quisenberry DISTRICT JUDGE, ACTIVE COMPTROLLER'S - JUDICIARY $210,000
Gary Young DISTRICT JUDGE, ACTIVE COMPTROLLER'S - JUDICIARY $210,000
Lauren Downey ASST ATTORNEY GENERAL VII OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL $205,682
Pollett Jones-reasonover DIRECTOR VI HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $202,385

Agencies hiring in 2004

About these records

This page lists the Texas state employee records whose reported hire date falls in 2004. 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.