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Texas Agencies — Letter T

There are 45 Texas state agencies in OpenPayrolls whose names start with the letter T. Together they cover 2,591 employee records and roughly $275,070,980 in annualized base pay. The largest by headcount is TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE with 1,063 employees, and the highest individual salary in this slice is $850,005 at TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

AgencyEmployeesAverage payHighest pay
TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM 250 $270,326 $850,005
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT 3 $235,492 $244,475
TEXAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION 20 $110,412 $230,000
TEXAS ANIMAL HEALTH COMMISSION 5 $49,202 $52,562
TEXAS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 4 $133,757 $221,878
TEXAS BOARD OF NURSING 2 $148,165 $203,337
TEXAS BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SUR 3 $203,483 $256,045
TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 105 $102,628 $265,000
TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION 1 $57,614 $57,614
TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT 4 $81,041 $110,000
TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS 2 $69,409 $72,198
TEXAS CYBER COMMAND 5 $225,611 $300,000
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF BANKING 19 $209,678 $279,435
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE 1,063 $61,733 $319,813
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE 33 $98,481 $268,900
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES 41 $85,986 $230,000
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 489 $95,276 $344,000
TEXAS DEPT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION 25 $99,397 $235,000
TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY 56 $145,600 $274,633
TEXAS EMERGENCY SERVICES RETIREMENT SYSTEM 1 $82,283 $82,283
TEXAS FACILITIES COMMISSION 15 $84,099 $208,161
TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD 24 $178,583 $325,000
TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 8 $88,931 $195,000
TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT 63 $89,145 $305,191
TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 23 $135,546 $295,000
TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD 17 $89,813 $206,700
TEXAS MILITARY DEPARTMENT 20 $110,325 $240,000
TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORPORATION 44 $295,738 $434,109
TEXAS PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY 3 $200,621 $230,000
TEXAS RACING COMMISSION 2 $116,250 $147,500
TEXAS REAL ESTATE COMMISSION 8 $112,577 $216,930
TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF 18 $58,533 $115,829
TEXAS SPACE COMMISSION 2 $239,613 $249,931
TEXAS STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY 2 $60,378 $72,110
TEXAS STATE BOARD OF PLUMBING EXAMINERS 1 $49,116 $49,116
TEXAS STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY 4 $152,008 $225,750
TEXAS STATE LIBRARY & ARCHIVES 5 $55,386 $71,485
TEXAS VETERANS COMMISSION 10 $69,493 $125,004
TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD 18 $130,234 $265,000
TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION 122 $72,020 $234,500
THIRD COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT 4 $229,556 $244,475
THIRTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT 3 $222,658 $244,475
TREASURY SAFEKEEPING TRUST COMPANY 21 $246,775 $511,014
TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT 4 $192,369 $244,475
TX SCHOOL FOR BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED 19 $70,833 $115,679

About this slice of Texas state government

This page collects every Texas state agency in OpenPayrolls beginning with the letter T. The slice is not a category in any official sense — it is just an alphabetical browsing aid — but it does surface a useful cross-section of agencies and roles that you might not otherwise discover through topical navigation. Together the 45 entries here represent 2,591 employee records (43.2% of the OpenPayrolls dataset for Texas state government) and roughly $275,070,980 in annualized base compensation, averaging $106,164 per record.

The largest entry on this page by headcount is TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, which alone accounts for 1,063 records — 41% of this letter slice. The highest individual salary reported anywhere on this page is $850,005 at TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM. The average annual pay across all 2,591 records here is $106,164, which compares to a statewide average of $112,904 across the full OpenPayrolls dataset. Slices like this are most useful as a complement to category-based browsing; for sector-level analysis, see our full agencies index or the full job-titles index.

Texas publishes its statewide payroll under open-records law, and OpenPayrolls re-presents that data in a browsable, link-friendly format so that any Texan — journalist, researcher, taxpayer, prospective employee — can navigate it without writing SQL. Each entry above links to a full record page with a salary distribution, the largest individual paychecks, the agencies (or, for titles, the cities) involved, and a longform narrative explaining what the numbers do and don’t represent. For the methodology behind these aggregates, including which fields are excluded from the “annual pay” figure, see the methodology page.