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Hire Year

2017 — Texas public hires

461 employee records in the Texas Tribune Government Salaries Explorer dataset report a hire date in 2017, with an average annualized base pay of $136,439. Values range from $18,838 to $414,000; the median is $87,045.

Employees461
Average pay$136,439
Median pay$87,045
Lowest pay$18,838
Highest pay$414,000

Highest-paid employees hired in 2017

NameTitleAgencyAnnual pay
Stephen Terry LEG. OFFICIAL/ADMINISTRATOR SENATE $414,000
Cynthia Hamilton DEPUTY DIRECTOR IV EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM $381,399
Justin Wang Director, Private Analytics TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $370,000
Luke Luttrell TRICOT Private Equity Inv Mgr TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $360,114
Martin Cano Chief Compliance & Gen Cnsl TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $341,775
Burwell Thompson Iii LEG. OFFICIAL/ADMINISTRATOR SENATE $330,000
Rakesh Chadalavada PSYCHIATRIST V HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $325,944
Thu Le PSYCHIATRIST V HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $325,944
Nikolaus Kubista PSYCHIATRIST V HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $325,944
Ames Marquez PSYCHIATRIST V HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $325,944
Robert Lee PSYCHIATRIST V HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $325,944
William Simmons ATTORNEYS P3 TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $321,623
Satyajit Satpathy PSYCHIATRIST IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $305,191
Larry Hawkins PSYCHIATRIST IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $305,191
Tran Quan PHYSICIAN IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $305,191

Agencies hiring in 2017

About these records

This page lists the Texas state employee records whose reported hire date falls in 2017. 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.