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Hire Year

2013 — Texas public hires

182 employee records in the Texas Tribune Government Salaries Explorer dataset report a hire date in 2013, with an average annualized base pay of $143,666. Values range from $7,200 to $475,000; the median is $109,856.

Employees182
Average pay$143,666
Median pay$109,856
Lowest pay$7,200
Highest pay$475,000

Highest-paid employees hired in 2013

NameTitleAgencyAnnual pay
Carolyn Hansard Sr Mng Dir, Private Markets TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $475,000
Joel Hinkhouse Ext Pub Investment Director TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $422,941
Scott Gonsoulin Ext Pub Investment Director TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $404,250
Mikhael Rawls Director, Private Analytics TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $370,000
Michael Simmons Director, Risk Management TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $350,000
Wei Wang DEPUTY DIRECTOR III RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS $305,191
Pai Wu Director, IF Portfolio Mgmt TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $294,525
Catherine Melvin DEPUTY DIRECTOR III DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY $285,000
Solomon Gold Inv Mgr, Pub Market Analytics TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $277,500
Meagan Larson PORTFOLIO MANAGER V EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM $267,000
Peter Ehret PORTFOLIO MANAGER V EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM $267,000
Sean Letcher Trading Investment Director TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $257,478
Ronald Bounds ATTORNEYS P3 TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $256,736
John Devine JUSTICE SUPREME COURT $252,000
Dale Richardson DEPUTY DIRECTOR I DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES $250,000

Agencies hiring in 2013

About these records

This page lists the Texas state employee records whose reported hire date falls in 2013. 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.