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Hire Year

2025 — Texas public hires

663 employee records in the Texas Tribune Government Salaries Explorer dataset report a hire date in 2025, with an average annualized base pay of $84,164. Values range from $15,719 to $671,300; the median is $56,455.

Employees663
Average pay$84,164
Median pay$56,455
Lowest pay$15,719
Highest pay$671,300

Highest-paid employees hired in 2025

NameTitleAgencyAnnual pay
Scott Hiebert CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER CANCER PREVENTION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS $671,300
John Scott LEG. OFFICIAL/ADMINISTRATOR SENATE $459,000
Christopher Eckerman VICE PRESIDENT TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORPORATION $434,000
William Arnold SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORPORATION $400,000
Needhi Vasavada SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORPORATION $400,000
Michael Morrissey LEG. OFFICIAL/ADMINISTRATOR SENATE $355,000
Aubrey Rosser COMMISSIONER TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD $325,000
Zachary Covar ELECTED OFFICIALS STAFF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES $320,000
John Hood PHYSICIAN IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $311,004
Andrea Wright PSYCHIATRIST IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $305,191
Rita Corona PHYSICIAN IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $305,191
Lindsey Rhoden PSYCHIATRIST IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $305,191
Jin Cheng PSYCHIATRIST IV HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $305,191
Timothy White EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TEXAS CYBER COMMAND $300,000
Farzin Barekat Inv Mgr, Pub Market Analytics TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $300,000

Agencies hiring in 2025

About these records

This page lists the Texas state employee records whose reported hire date falls in 2025. 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.