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Dentist Iii Salary in Austin, Texas

In Austin, the State of Texas reports 11 public employees holding the DENTIST III classification. Average annual base pay is $224,181, with a median of $223,039 and a range from $200,400 to $252,224. The largest employer of this title in Austin is HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION.

Employees11
Average pay$224,181
Median pay$223,039
Top earner$252,224

How Austin compares for the DENTIST III role

Across all of Texas state government, the average base pay for the DENTIST III classification is $224,181, calculated from 11 employees in 1+ agencies statewide. In Austin specifically the average sits at $224,181, which runs about 0% below the statewide figure for this role — a difference of $0.00 per year between an average Austin incumbent and an average Texas incumbent in the same classification. That gap is consistent with what you would expect given the mix of employers active in Austin and the cost-of-living posture of the metro relative to other Texas cities.

Compared to all public-sector employees in Austin (regardless of title), the DENTIST III role pays about 82% more than the citywide average of $122,907. That places this title in the upper half of Austin's state workforce by pay, reflecting both the seniority that this classification typically carries and the agency mix that employs it locally. For an apples-to-apples comparison against other roles in Austin, see our city profile for Austin or compare against the same title in other Texas cities via the DENTIST III hub.

Within Austin, the DENTIST III classification appears at 1 different state employer: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION. The single largest employer is HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION, which accounts for 11 of the 11 reported records in this combination. Where multiple agencies employ the same classification, pay variation is normal — agencies set individual pay within the state classification plan's salary band based on tenure, market conditions, and any agency-specific salary supplements that have been authorized by the Legislature or by the agency's governing board.

Top Dentist Iiis in Austin by pay

NameAgencyAnnual payHire date
Mark Bullock HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $252,224 September 1, 2017
Purav Patel HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $252,224 September 1, 2017
Sawsan Salih HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $252,224 June 18, 2018
Deanna Matocha HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $252,224 May 1, 2022
Andrew Drollinger HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $225,039 August 16, 2021
Rachel Chan HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $223,039 October 16, 2019
Judson Gililland HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $207,414 May 16, 2019
Theresa Foreman HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $200,400 October 1, 2024
Caroline Chang HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $200,400 August 1, 2025
Laurena Moore HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $200,400 August 1, 2023
Enrique Venegas HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $200,400 September 1, 2017

Reading this number in context

The annual pay column on this page reflects what the State of Texas reports as the employee’s annualized base salary at the time of the most recent payroll snapshot. It does not include benefits, retirement contributions (such as TRS or ERS employer contributions), longevity pay, hazardous-duty pay, paid leave cash-outs, contract buyouts, or any supplements paid out of foundation, athletic, or grant funds — categories that can add materially to total compensation, especially in academic medical centers and senior university roles. Use the figures here as an apples-to-apples baseline for comparison; treat them as the starting point of a conversation, not the final word.

Two employees in Austin with the same DENTIST III title can earn very different amounts for legitimate reasons. The State of Texas operates a position classification plan in which most titles map to a salary group with a defined minimum, midpoint, and maximum, and agencies are free to set individual pay anywhere within that band. Universities and elected-officials’ offices are exempt from the standard plan altogether and set pay independently. Tenure, prior agency service, market-pay adjustments approved under Texas Government Code Chapter 659, and acting-leadership stipends all contribute to within-title variation. For the full set of caveats, see our methodology.

If you want to compare what the DENTIST III role pays in other Texas cities, the DENTIST III hub aggregates every reported incumbent statewide. To see what other classifications pay in Austin, the Austin city profile breaks down the local mix of employers and titles. For peer roles, the job-titles index is the master list.