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Hire Year

2019 — Texas public hires

320 employee records in the Texas Tribune Government Salaries Explorer dataset report a hire date in 2019, with an average annualized base pay of $118,878. Values range from $7,200 to $399,198; the median is $73,353.

Employees320
Average pay$118,878
Median pay$73,353
Lowest pay$7,200
Highest pay$399,198

Highest-paid employees hired in 2019

NameTitleAgencyAnnual pay
Kirk Sims Managing Director, QEG TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $399,198
Daniel Evans PSYCHIATRIST V HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $325,944
Lesley French-henneke DEP FIRST ASST ATTNY GENERAL OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL $322,770
Anh Selissen DEPUTY DIRECTOR IV TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION $306,385
Scott Lepor PHYSICIAN IV TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT $305,191
Michael Reissig CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TREASURY SAFEKEEPING TRUST COMPANY $300,000
Giorgio Sant'ambrogio PSYCHIATRIST IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $296,867
Srinivasa Reddy Donthi Reddy PSYCHIATRIST IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $296,313
Caitlyn Macdonald ENRI Director TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $290,000
Adriana Cruz DEPUTY DIRECTOR III GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, TRUSTEE PROGRAMS $288,028
Erik Blois PSYCHIATRIST III HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $277,446
Paul Sobin PSYCHIATRIST III HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $277,446
Jyotsna Muttineni PSYCHIATRIST III HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $277,446
Renu Anupindi PSYCHIATRIST III HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $277,446
Ovidiu Dulgheru PSYCHIATRIST III HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $277,446

Agencies hiring in 2019

About these records

This page lists the Texas state employee records whose reported hire date falls in 2019. 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.