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Hire Year

2018 — Texas public hires

263 employee records in the Texas Tribune Government Salaries Explorer dataset report a hire date in 2018, with an average annualized base pay of $110,490. Values range from $27,102 to $420,600; the median is $68,861.

Employees263
Average pay$110,490
Median pay$68,861
Lowest pay$27,102
Highest pay$420,600

Highest-paid employees hired in 2018

NameTitleAgencyAnnual pay
Daniel Judd Director, Private Analytics TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $420,600
Stephen Kim Director, Risk Management TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $379,000
Emerson Halstead Director, Private Analytics TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $345,000
Timothy Koek Director, Private Analytics TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $330,000
John Hall Ext Pub Investment Director TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $327,679
Angela Colmenero DEPUTY DIRECTOR IV OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR $325,177
Anthony Thompson PHYSICIAN IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $312,817
Karola White PSYCHIATRIST IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $305,191
Shannon Gosewehr Chief Compliance & Gen Cnsl TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $305,030
Steve Machicek Inv Mgr, Budget & Accounting TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $291,269
Alice Mcafee Dir, L&C Data, Cmpl & Risk TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $290,865
Elliott Fry ENRI Director TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $290,000
Catherine Beaudoin ENRI Director TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $285,000
Amanda Jenami Chief Compliance & Gen Cnsl TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $278,674
Jordan Dixon DEPUTY DIRECTOR II HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $277,446

Agencies hiring in 2018

About these records

This page lists the Texas state employee records whose reported hire date falls in 2018. 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.