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Hire Year

2020 — Texas public hires

268 employee records in the Texas Tribune Government Salaries Explorer dataset report a hire date in 2020, with an average annualized base pay of $113,424. Values range from $7,200 to $433,000; the median is $68,744.

Employees268
Average pay$113,424
Median pay$68,744
Lowest pay$7,200
Highest pay$433,000

Highest-paid employees hired in 2020

NameTitleAgencyAnnual pay
Ryan Zafereo Director, Private Analytics TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $433,000
Kyle Wynne Managing Director, QEG TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $390,000
Brent Webster FIRST ASST ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL $338,074
David Moron Md PSYCHIATRIST V HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $325,944
Rosario Rodriguez PSYCHIATRIST V HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $325,944
Jeffery Matthews PSYCHIATRIST V HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $325,943
Pearl Cruz LEG. OFFICIAL/ADMINISTRATOR SENATE $310,000
Arthur Austin PHYSICIAN IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $305,191
Magdalene Hopkins PSYCHIATRIST IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $305,191
Barbara Beadles PSYCHIATRIST IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $305,191
Carol Andrus PHYSICIAN IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $300,789
Roberto Cortes-moreno Dir, L&C Data, Cmpl & Risk TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $290,865
Christopher Bowlin Dir, L&C Data, Cmpl & Risk TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $287,467
Thomas Rashman PORTFOLIO MANAGER V EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM $281,000
Emily Zalkovsky DEPUTY DIRECTOR II HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $277,446

Agencies hiring in 2020

About these records

This page lists the Texas state employee records whose reported hire date falls in 2020. 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.