Use The Texas Tribune’s Government Salaries Explorer to review the compensation of hundreds of thousands of state and municipal employees in Texas, including those working for state agencies, public universities, school districts and mass-transit entities. This data is obtained by requesting salary records from those public entities through the Texas Public Information Act.

The Tribune publishes this information because its journalists believe that disclosing how tax dollars are spent is in the public interest. To date, this database contains:

352,443
Employees
52
Public entities

We will update and expand this database periodically. Start searching below or read more about how we collect this data — and what to do if you believe there are errors in the records.

Search for an employee by last name or job title

Recently updated entities

Name Type Employees Median salary Last updated
San Antonio City 10,791 $54,354 05/28/2015
University of Texas at Dallas University 4,440 $38,500 05/27/2015
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center University Hospital 20,457 $60,403 05/26/2015
Rockwall ISD School District 1,691 $50,266 05/20/2015
Dallas City 13,077 $47,314 04/29/2015
Metropolitan Transit Authority Transit 3,598 $43,118 04/17/2015
Austin City 13,889 $56,451 04/13/2015
Texas State University University 3,529 $48,951 04/08/2015
Austin ISD School District 11,992 $44,362 04/06/2015
State Comptroller Payroll State 149,160 $38,888 02/15/2015
View All Entities

Highest-paid employees

Name Title Entity Department Compensation
William Mack Brown Special Assistant University of Texas at Austin Intercollegiate Athletics $3,824,856
Charles Rena Strong Head Coach University of Texas at Austin Intercollegiate Athletics $3,025,375
Richard D Barnes Head Coach University of Texas at Austin Intercollegiate Athletics $2,610,000
Ronald A. DePinho President The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center President'S Office $1,439,100
Walter Lowe Prof, Chair, Smith Chair En The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Orthopedic Surgery $1,273,080
Stefan Kreuzer Visiting Associate Professor The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Orthopedic Surgery $1,200,000
Stephen W Patterson Athletic Director University of Texas at Austin Intercollegiate Athletics $1,077,778
August E Garrido Head Coach University of Texas at Austin Intercollegiate Athletics $1,072,500
Hazim Safi Prof & Director & Chair The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Cardiothoracic Vascular Surg $1,016,920
Dong Kim Professor and Chairman The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Neurosurgery $998,159
Ramesh Hariharan Visiting Professor The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston UT-EP Heart $975,000
Giuseppe Colasurdo Pres & Alkek-Williams Dist Chr The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Office Of The President $952,160
Igor Gregoric Visiting Professor The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Pgm of Advanced Heart Failure $900,000
Stephen G. Swisher Division Head The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Surgery $874,090
Darrell D Dodds Special Assistant University of Texas at Austin Intercollegiate Athletics $873,992
Raymond E. Sawaya Chair The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Neurosurgery $870,000
Francisco G Cigarroa Chancellor University of Texas System Administration Office of the Chancellor $862,500
Syed Adil Husain Associate Professor/Clinical The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Cardiothoracic Surgery $850,000
Adam Freedhand Assistant Professor NTC The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Orthopedic Surgery $850,000
Eric Sabonghy Assistant Professor NTC The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Orthopedic Surgery $825,000
View More

About

The Texas Tribune obtained this information under the Texas Public Information Act.

Development

Editing

Art & Design