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Director, If Portfolio Mgmt Salary in Austin, Texas

In Austin, the State of Texas reports 9 public employees holding the Director, IF Portfolio Mgmt classification. Average annual base pay is $352,263, with a median of $352,848 and a range from $294,525 to $420,000. The largest employer of this title in Austin is TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Employees9
Average pay$352,263
Median pay$352,848
Top earner$420,000

How Austin compares for the Director, IF Portfolio Mgmt role

Across all of Texas state government, the average base pay for the Director, IF Portfolio Mgmt classification is $352,263, calculated from 9 employees in 1+ agencies statewide. In Austin specifically the average sits at $352,263, which runs about 0% above 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 Director, IF Portfolio Mgmt role pays about 187% 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 Director, IF Portfolio Mgmt hub.

Within Austin, the Director, IF Portfolio Mgmt classification appears at 1 different state employer: TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM. The single largest employer is TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM, which accounts for 9 of the 9 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 Director, If Portfolio Mgmts in Austin by pay

NameAgencyAnnual payHire date
Mark Telschow TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $420,000 January 1, 2010
Lourdes Llano TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $402,415 August 10, 2009
Mark Albert TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $360,622 December 6, 1999
Shayne Mcguire TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $355,000 June 4, 2001
Matthew Talbert TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $352,848 May 16, 2011
Bogdan Poustovoi TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $338,848 June 1, 2014
John Watkins TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $330,675 November 1, 2007
Donald Carter TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $315,434 July 1, 2012
Pai Wu TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $294,525 June 17, 2013

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 Director, IF Portfolio Mgmt 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 Director, IF Portfolio Mgmt role pays in other Texas cities, the Director, IF Portfolio Mgmt 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.