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Ext Pub Investment Director Salary in Austin, Texas

In Austin, the State of Texas reports 25 public employees holding the Ext Pub Investment Director classification. Average annual base pay is $287,460, with a median of $266,469 and a range from $202,250 to $434,911. The largest employer of this title in Austin is TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Employees25
Average pay$287,460
Median pay$266,469
Top earner$434,911

How Austin compares for the Ext Pub Investment Director role

Across all of Texas state government, the average base pay for the Ext Pub Investment Director classification is $287,460, calculated from 25 employees in 1+ agencies statewide. In Austin specifically the average sits at $287,460, 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 Ext Pub Investment Director role pays about 134% 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 Ext Pub Investment Director hub.

Within Austin, the Ext Pub Investment Director classification appears at 1 different state employer: TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM. The single largest employer is TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM, which accounts for 25 of the 25 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 Ext Pub Investment Directors in Austin by pay

NameAgencyAnnual payHire date
Steven Wilson TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $434,911 June 15, 2012
Joel Hinkhouse TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $422,941 June 17, 2013
Scott Gonsoulin TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $404,250 September 1, 2013
Jean-benoit Daumerie TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $400,578 July 18, 2011
John Hall TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $327,679 November 1, 2018
Marissa Hogan TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $312,867 June 15, 2012
Richard Campbell TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $303,108 September 6, 2005
Stacey Peot TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $302,449 March 24, 2008
Derek Sbrogna TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $297,203 October 15, 2014
Khoi Tran TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $292,434 July 1, 2015
Francis Crown TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $276,928 January 1, 2018
Gabriel Salinas TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $276,250 March 1, 2017
John Demichele TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $266,469 January 14, 2022
Sibei Wen TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $261,030 January 1, 2021
Jared Ryan TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $253,328 April 1, 2016
Wayne Speer TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $249,971 June 18, 2001
Marc Reber TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $247,993 May 15, 2023
Ran Huo TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $246,236 June 1, 2016
Anthony Paolini TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $242,750 April 1, 2013
Adam Kogler TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $240,000 September 1, 2014
Teresa Lwin TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $235,875 October 1, 2019
Shane Smith TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $230,000 July 1, 2025
Andrew Arts TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $230,000 May 15, 2020
Kevin Taylor TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $229,001 September 15, 2014
Chad White TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM $202,250 October 1, 2015

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 Ext Pub Investment Director 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 Ext Pub Investment Director role pays in other Texas cities, the Ext Pub Investment Director 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.