A Performance Audit
A Report on State Employee Benefits as a Percentage of Total Compensation
July 2020
Summary Analysis
The State of Texas provides a comprehensive total compensation package to employees working in state agencies. The average value of the total compensation package for a classified, full-time employee for fiscal year 2019 was $74,232, or $35.69 per hour. This is an increase of 2.8 percent compared to two years ago in fiscal year 2017, when the average value of the total compensation package for a classified, full-time employee was $72,205, or $34.71 per hour. Average annual salary and retirement contributions paid by the State were the two components of the average total compensation package that had the largest percentage increase between fiscal year 2017 and fiscal year 2019.
The State's total compensation package for a classified, full-time employee for fiscal year 2019 was composed of $47,994 (64.7 percent) in average annual salary and $26,238 (35.3 percent) in average annual benefits.
In fiscal year 2019, the State spent approximately $11.8 billion on salaries and benefits for state agency employees (excluding employees at higher education institutions).
The objective of this project was to identify and determine the estimated value, including salary and benefits, of the compensation package provided to employees of the State of Texas.
Table 2 presents a detailed list of the average value of the State's total compensation package for a classified, full-time employee (not including higher education institutions) for fiscal year 2019.
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