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Hire Year

2009 — Texas public hires

98 employee records in the Texas Tribune Government Salaries Explorer dataset report a hire date in 2009, with an average annualized base pay of $150,820. Values range from $41,657 to $850,005; the median is $99,728.

Employees98
Average pay$150,820
Median pay$99,728
Lowest pay$41,657
Highest pay$850,005

Highest-paid employees hired in 2009

NameTitleAgencyAnnual pay
Jase Auby CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $850,005
James Nield Senior Managing Director, Risk TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $512,461
Jennifer Wenzel Director, Private Analytics TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $420,000
Lourdes Llano Director, IF Portfolio Mgmt TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $402,415
Amy Cureton PORTFOLIO MANAGER VI EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM $349,820
Patsy Spaw LEG. OFFICIAL/ADMINISTRATOR SENATE $330,000
Andrew Blifford BUDGET DIRECTOR LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD $304,500
Kristen Doyle EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CANCER PREVENTION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS $282,277
David Cox Inv Mgr, Budget & Accounting TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $280,772
Heidi Mcconnell DEPUTY DIRECTOR II CANCER PREVENTION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS $264,836
Charles Turner DIRECTOR VIII EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM $245,045
Tracy Christopher CHIEF JUSTICE FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT $244,475
Robert Coleman DEPUTY DIRECTOR II COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS $240,911
Blaise Duran DIRECTOR VIII EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM $238,466
Brooke Boston DEPUTY DIRECTOR I DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS $231,500

Agencies hiring in 2009

About these records

This page lists the Texas state employee records whose reported hire date falls in 2009. 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.