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Hire Year

2008 — Texas public hires

83 employee records in the Texas Tribune Government Salaries Explorer dataset report a hire date in 2008, with an average annualized base pay of $143,878. Values range from $39,538 to $625,046; the median is $93,937.

Employees83
Average pay$143,878
Median pay$93,937
Lowest pay$39,538
Highest pay$625,046

Highest-paid employees hired in 2008

NameTitleAgencyAnnual pay
Brian Guthrie EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $625,046
Dale West Managing Director, QEG TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $512,462
Steven Peterson Trading Investment Director TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $315,408
Stacey Peot Ext Pub Investment Director TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $302,449
Kelly Newhall Inv Mgr, Budget & Accounting TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $291,269
Charles Cooper COMMISSIONER TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF BANKING $279,435
Ruth Thornton DEPUTY DIRECTOR II OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL $272,168
Cheryl Scott Ryan GENERAL COUNSEL V EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM $267,491
Annie Xiao PORTFOLIO MANAGER V EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM $267,000
Thomas Gleeson COMMISSION, CHAIR PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS $265,000
Christi Holman MANAGER, APPL DEVELOPMENT M3 TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $246,778
Ken Chi SR DIRECTOR, BEN ACCOUNTING TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $243,345
Yvette Carter SR DIRECTOR, BEN COUNSELING TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $235,914
Daniel Frasier DIRECTOR TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF BANKING $229,296
Teofilo Bacungan Jr PORTFOLIO MANAGER IV EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM $222,355

Agencies hiring in 2008

About these records

This page lists the Texas state employee records whose reported hire date falls in 2008. 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.