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Hire Year

2015 — Texas public hires

192 employee records in the Texas Tribune Government Salaries Explorer dataset report a hire date in 2015, with an average annualized base pay of $142,258. Values range from $27,620 to $432,500; the median is $101,315.

Employees192
Average pay$142,258
Median pay$101,315
Lowest pay$27,620
Highest pay$432,500

Highest-paid employees hired in 2015

NameTitleAgencyAnnual pay
William Carpenter Director, Private Analytics TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $432,500
Porter Wilson EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR ERS EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM $424,033
Katrina Daniel Chief Compliance & Gen Cnsl TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $400,110
Brendan Cooper Director, Private Analytics TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $395,000
Kaitlin Miles Director, Private Analytics TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $370,000
Benjamin Schuman PORTFOLIO MANAGER V EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM $349,820
Lisa Craven DEPUTY COMPTROLLER COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS $335,710
Darrell Davila LEG. OFFICIAL/ADMINISTRATOR SENATE $335,000
Frank Williams Chief Compliance & Gen Cnsl TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $330,750
Jyoti Gupta PORTFOLIO MANAGER V TREASURY SAFEKEEPING TRUST COMPANY $292,776
Khoi Tran Ext Pub Investment Director TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $292,434
Justin Gordon DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL $272,168
Hailey Kemp DEPUTY DIRECTOR II HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $260,741
Aaron Blackstone DEPUTY DIRECTOR II DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY $255,027
D Vincent Burgess DEPUTY DIRECTOR I CANCER PREVENTION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS $252,218

Agencies hiring in 2015

About these records

This page lists the Texas state employee records whose reported hire date falls in 2015. 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.