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GAME WARDEN

Texas state employees in the role of GAME WARDEN. We have 13 employee records on file, spread across 1+ state agencies.

13Employees
$86,265Average pay
$65,851Lowest pay
$98,085Highest pay
Found at: PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT

About this role

The GAME WARDEN classification is used across multiple Texas state agencies. In the OpenPayrolls dataset, 13 employees hold this title, with annualized pay ranging from $65,851 to $98,085 and an average of $86,265. The spread between the highest and lowest paid in this role is $32,234.

Pay variation within a single Texas state classification is normal and expected. The State of Texas operates a position classification plan in which most titles correspond to a salary group with a defined minimum, midpoint, and maximum. Agencies are free to set individual pay anywhere within that band based on the employee's experience, prior agency service, market conditions for the specialty, and any agency-specific salary supplements. Universities, certain regulatory boards, and elected officials' offices are not bound by the standard classification plan at all and set pay independently — which is why the same job title can show very different numbers depending on the employer.

This role appears most often at PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT. Click any agency to see its full payroll, or scroll down for the complete list of employees who hold this title in our dataset.

Geographically, the GAME WARDEN role concentrates in Austin. Cost-of-living, agency funding source, and tenure all contribute to the city-by-city variation in posted pay. For full context, read our methodology and browse comparable Texas roles in the job titles index.

GAME WARDEN by city

City-specific salary breakdowns for the GAME WARDEN role. Each page includes local averages, top earners, and the agencies hiring locally.

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Employees holding this title

Page 1 of 1 · Showing 13 of 13 records, sorted by annual pay.

NameAgencyAnnual payHire date
Kirk Jenkins PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT $98,085 January 1, 2004
Jimmy Woolley PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT $98,085 March 1, 2002
Michael Dushay PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT $93,937 November 1, 2008
Daniel Kessel PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT $93,937 November 1, 2008
Mark Braddock PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT $89,789 February 15, 2009
Brendan Shoars PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT $89,789 January 7, 2013
Patrick True PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT $89,789 February 1, 2012
Tyler Reed PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT $89,789 January 1, 2010
Anthony Cimini PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT $85,989 January 11, 2016
Michael Foster PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT $80,274 January 8, 2018
Wesley Driskill PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT $80,274 October 3, 2019
Chad Fletcher PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT $65,851 October 1, 2023
Joseph Gonzales PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT $65,851 October 1, 2022