A Performance Audit
A Supplemental Report on Executive Compensation at State Agencies
November 2024
Summary
This is a supplemental report to A Biennial Report on Executive Compensation at State Agencies (SAO Report No. 25-702, October 2024). That report presented the results of a comprehensive market analysis for 66 executive officer positions at 65 state agencies based on salary data from June 30, 2024. The General Appropriations Act (88th Legislature) required that report to be released to the Legislature no later than October 1, 2024.
However, because state classified employees received legislative pay increases on September 1, 2024, we are publishing this supplemental report to update the analysis on employees earning more than their executive officer or within 10 percent less than the executive officer’s salary based on salary data as of September 30, 2024.
In addition, this supplemental report contains updated results on the top 40 highest-paid executive officers and management positions, and an updated comparison of their salaries as of June 30, 2024, and September 30, 2024. The updated analysis is presented in the attachment.