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Hire Year

2021 — Texas public hires

307 employee records in the Texas Tribune Government Salaries Explorer dataset report a hire date in 2021, with an average annualized base pay of $113,294. Values range from $5,520 to $469,428; the median is $71,851.

Employees307
Average pay$113,294
Median pay$71,851
Lowest pay$5,520
Highest pay$469,428

Highest-paid employees hired in 2021

NameTitleAgencyAnnual pay
David Veal DIRECTOR OF INVESTMENTS EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM $469,428
Stephen Kim TRICOT Private Equity Inv Mgr TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $374,559
Brandye Hendrickson DEPUTY DIRECTOR IV TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION $335,710
Lakshmi Kaza PSYCHIATRIST V HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $325,944
Karen Duong PSYCHIATRIST V HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $317,054
Hao Li ATTORNEYS P2 TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $305,426
Jeffrey Davis DEPUTY DIRECTOR IV TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION $300,000
Stephen Munisteri DEPUTY DIRECTOR III OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR $299,000
Maryellen Oneill Dir, L&C Data, Cmpl & Risk TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $287,000
George Smith PORTFOLIO MANAGER V CANCER PREVENTION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS $281,528
Bilal Ahmad PSYCHIATRIST III HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $277,446
Vivek Shah PSYCHIATRIST III HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $277,446
Susana Lampley PSYCHIATRIST III HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $277,446
Sharon Gunter-austin PSYCHIATRIST III HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $277,446
Lucas Mcnulty ENRI Director TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $275,000

Agencies hiring in 2021

About these records

This page lists the Texas state employee records whose reported hire date falls in 2021. 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.