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Hire Year

2023 — Texas public hires

597 employee records in the Texas Tribune Government Salaries Explorer dataset report a hire date in 2023, with an average annualized base pay of $96,784. Values range from $20,229 to $434,109; the median is $59,922.

Employees597
Average pay$96,784
Median pay$59,922
Lowest pay$20,229
Highest pay$434,109

Highest-paid employees hired in 2023

NameTitleAgencyAnnual pay
Nicholas Tramontana SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORPORATION $434,109
Erin Wedepohl VICE PRESIDENT TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORPORATION $434,109
Jared Stout SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORPORATION $434,109
John Newell VICE PRESIDENT TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORPORATION $434,109
Robert Borden CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORPORATION $400,000
Andrew Bunker ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORPORATION $350,000
Martin Telfer ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORPORATION $335,000
Andriy Mysyk ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORPORATION $335,000
Joseph Rest ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORPORATION $335,000
Neema Khonsari PSYCHIATRIST V HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $325,944
Ralph Molina DEP FIRST ASST ATTNY GENERAL OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL $322,770
Viktor Makaroff ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORPORATION $315,000
Kevin Godin ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORPORATION $315,000
Andrey Shalomov PSYCHIATRIST IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $305,191
Deandre Bluitt PSYCHIATRIST IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $305,191

Agencies hiring in 2023

About these records

This page lists the Texas state employee records whose reported hire date falls in 2023. 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.