Bexar County employee salaries, 2011

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Bexar County employee salaries are a matter of public record under the Texas Public Information Act.

Salaries

According to The Texas Tribune, Bexar County had a total of 5,214 employees in 2011, for a total salary cost of $214,258,391.

• The median salary was $35,724.
• The average salary was $41,092.
• The highest salary was $235,728, for Chief Medical Examiner Randall Frost.
• There were 14 employees earning over $150,000 a year.

The following table outlines the top 15 salaries in 2011:

Name	Department	Title	Salary
Randall Frost	Community Resources	Chief Medical Examiner	$235,728
Diane Molina	Community Resources	Deputy Chief Medical Examiner	$198,240
Elizabeth Peacock	Community Resources	Medical Examiner	$198,240
Jennifer Rulon	Community Resources	Medical Examiner	$189,708
Jose Aceves	Infrastructure - Administration	Exec Dir of Infrastructure Srvc	$185,904
David Reilly	Juvenile Probation	Chief Juvenile Probation Officer	$178,476
Susan Yeatts	County Auditor	Accounting Division Director	$170,940
Aurora Sanchez	Community Resources	Executive Director - CDP	$170,220
Catherine Maras	Information Services	Chief Information Officer	$170,220
David Smith	Planning & Resource Management	Exec Dir - PRM - Budget Officer	$170,220
David Marquez	Commissioners Crt.	Executive Director of Econ Development	$170,220
Rajesh Kannan	Community Resources	Medical Examiner	$170,004
Tom Rickhoff	Probate Courts	Judge	$155,221
Caroline Jackson	Probate Courts	Judge	$155,221
Derrick Howard	County Coliseum	Executive Director	$147,492

Benefits

Some Bexar County employee benefits include:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life insurance
• Disability
• Retirement

Salary records project

In 2011, Sunshine Review chose 152 local governments as the focus of research on public employee salaries. The editors of Sunshine Review selected eight states with relevant political contexts (listed alphabetically):

1. California
2. Florida
3. Illinois
4. Michigan
5. New Jersey
6. Pennsylvania
7. Texas
8. Wisconsin

Within these states, the editors of Sunshine Review focused on the most populous cities, counties and school districts, as well as the emergency services entities within these governments. The purpose of this selection method was to develop articles on governments affecting the most citizens.

The salary information garnered from these states were a combination of existing online resources and state Freedom of Information Act requests sent out to the governments.

A study published by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia said the city of Philadelphia faced challenges owing to the cost of public employee pensions. The report claimed the amount that Philadelphia paid to pension recipients limited the city’s ability to use its budget effectively.

The report said there were more individuals receiving pension benefits—33,907 claimants in 2006—than workers in the city—28,701. The authors recommended three steps towards addressing the problem of high costs in pensions: improved data collection, expanded transparency initiatives, and reductions to the city's overall budget.

Salary schedules can be published as ranges, not as specific compensation figures, and may leave out compensation received through health and retirement benefits, as well as benefits such as commuter allowances and cell phone reimbursements. This project aimed to close the gap and provide a more accurate picture of public employee salaries for the sake of public education and transparency.

See also

• Texas local government salary: Counties
• Public employee salary

External links

• State Budget Solutions -- Texas