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Hire Year

2024 — Texas public hires

594 employee records in the Texas Tribune Government Salaries Explorer dataset report a hire date in 2024, with an average annualized base pay of $85,597. Values range from $11,379 to $525,099; the median is $57,947.

Employees594
Average pay$85,597
Median pay$57,947
Lowest pay$11,379
Highest pay$525,099

Highest-paid employees hired in 2024

NameTitleAgencyAnnual pay
Caasi Smith-lamb Chief Compliance & Gen Cnsl TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $525,099
Stuart Bohart EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORPORATION $420,000
Michael Meyer SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORPORATION $350,000
William Black DEPUTY DIRECTOR IV OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR $335,710
Lauren Brambila DEPUTY DIRECTOR IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $327,857
Fernando Garza SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORPORATION $315,000
Victoria Trickett PSYCHIATRIST IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $305,191
Christine Charles PSYCHIATRIST IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $305,191
David Cho PSYCHIATRIST IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $305,191
Alexandra Moore PSYCHIATRIST IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $305,191
Sylvia Muzquiz PSYCHIATRIST IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $305,190
Yu Quan PSYCHIATRIST IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $299,377
Robert Howden DEPUTY DIRECTOR III OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR $299,000
Michael Hu SENIOR OFFICER TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORPORATION $298,000
Reid Spears SENIOR OFFICER TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORPORATION $298,000

Agencies hiring in 2024

About these records

This page lists the Texas state employee records whose reported hire date falls in 2024. 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.