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Director Vii Salary in Austin, Texas

In Austin, the State of Texas reports 62 public employees holding the DIRECTOR VII classification. Average annual base pay is $213,959, with a median of $215,250 and a range from $170,000 to $229,295. The largest employer of this title in Austin is HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION.

Employees62
Average pay$213,959
Median pay$215,250
Top earner$229,295

How Austin compares for the DIRECTOR VII role

Across all of Texas state government, the average base pay for the DIRECTOR VII classification is $213,801, calculated from 63 employees in 6+ agencies statewide. In Austin specifically the average sits at $213,959, which runs about 0% above the statewide figure for this role — a difference of $158 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 VII role pays about 74% 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 VII hub.

Within Austin, the DIRECTOR VII classification appears at 22 different state employers: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION, TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF SAVINGS AND MORTGAGE, EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM, PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS, OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, GENERAL LAND OFFICE, OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, CANCER PREVENTION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS, DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES, SECRETARY OF STATE, TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION, TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. The single largest employer is HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION, which accounts for 15 of the 62 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 Viis in Austin by pay

NameAgencyAnnual payHire date
Kathryn Hendrix HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $229,295 October 1, 2020
Scott Fletcher DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS $229,282 July 25, 2022
Antonia Antov DEPARTMENT OF SAVINGS AND MORTGAGE $228,120 July 12, 2006
Cesar Saldivar RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS $227,240 January 1, 2024
James Darwin OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL $226,008 February 5, 2024
James Hicks DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS $225,989 March 27, 2000
Fuat Aki TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY $225,784 February 1, 2014
Jay Waldo COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS $225,606 January 8, 2007
Stephany Trotti DEPARTMENT OF SAVINGS AND MORTGAGE $225,024 July 7, 2003
Angela Pettigrew GENERAL LAND OFFICE $220,765 July 1, 2016
Steve Johnson HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $220,520 July 1, 2013
Peggy Venable OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR $220,512 October 1, 2017
Ronald Vanderroest PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT $219,528 July 1, 2000
Monica Martinez TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY $219,172 August 16, 2004
Terri Hanson TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY $219,037 January 1, 2012
Lyndal Green TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY $218,603 March 6, 1995
Anthony Chavez EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM $218,361 December 10, 2012
Kathleen Ligon TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD $218,295 August 1, 2006
Jonathan Connors HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $218,295 July 12, 2022
Amy Copeland TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY $217,260 November 12, 2012
James Joseph TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY $217,260 September 1, 2024
Steven Roddy OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL $217,257 January 12, 2015
Richard Parsons PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS $216,972 January 1, 2022
James Huang HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $216,213 July 13, 2020
Madan Gopal HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $216,213 September 1, 2016

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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 VII 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 VII role pays in other Texas cities, the DIRECTOR VII 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.