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Eligibility Advisor Ii Salary in Austin, Texas

In Austin, the State of Texas reports 109 public employees holding the ELIGIBILITY ADVISOR II classification. Average annual base pay is $46,056, with a median of $45,743 and a range from $22,817 to $54,221. The largest employer of this title in Austin is HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION.

Employees109
Average pay$46,056
Median pay$45,743
Top earner$54,221

How Austin compares for the ELIGIBILITY ADVISOR II role

Across all of Texas state government, the average base pay for the ELIGIBILITY ADVISOR II classification is $46,056, calculated from 109 employees in 1+ agencies statewide. In Austin specifically the average sits at $46,056, 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 ELIGIBILITY ADVISOR II role pays about 63% less than the citywide average of $122,907. That places this title below the citywide average, which is common for support, technical, and entry-level state classifications — the citywide figure is pulled upward by the state's senior medical, judicial, executive, and academic-leadership salaries. 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 ELIGIBILITY ADVISOR II hub.

Within Austin, the ELIGIBILITY ADVISOR II 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 109 of the 109 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 Eligibility Advisor Iis in Austin by pay

NameAgencyAnnual payHire date
Faviola Jean HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $54,221 January 6, 2010
Lakisha Dunbar HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $52,968 March 1, 2016
Liliana Rivera HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $52,388 September 1, 2004
Guadalupe Merla HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $52,388 September 7, 2010
Sandra Levine HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $51,559 December 1, 2007
Katherine Hurd HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $51,459 June 25, 2007
Decarla Sewell HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $51,308 September 1, 2004
Melissa Muniz HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $51,189 November 1, 2008
Jaime Villegas Jr HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $51,097 February 28, 2022
Maria Cepeda HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $51,083 August 16, 2006
Claudia Cloud HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $50,658 December 17, 2007
Sandra Calvillo HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $50,616 May 7, 2018
Phastasha Simmons HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $50,123 May 1, 2022
Salomon Vera Jr HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $50,113 September 1, 2006
Tamara Busby HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $49,869 October 1, 2015
Kimberly Berry HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $49,833 June 6, 2022
Isaac Riojas HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $49,718 January 1, 2022
Rhoda Carrington HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $49,011 August 22, 2022
Yanae Mcghee HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $48,996 October 10, 2022
Necol Rubin HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $48,959 July 1, 2018
Nyrishea Anderson HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $48,915 December 22, 2008
Stephanie Martinez HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $48,885 November 28, 2022
Luis Alberto Velez HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $48,728 August 22, 2016
Beth Hernandez HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $48,706 February 13, 2017
Karina Salmeron HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION $48,648 September 12, 2022

Showing 25 of 109 records, sorted by annual pay (highest first).

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 ELIGIBILITY ADVISOR II 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 ELIGIBILITY ADVISOR II role pays in other Texas cities, the ELIGIBILITY ADVISOR II 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.