A Performance Audit
A Report on State Employee Benefits as a Percentage of Total Compensation
April 2018
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 2017 was $72,205, or $34.71 per hour. This is an increase of 8.8 percent compared to two years ago in fiscal year 2015, when the average value of the total compensation package for a classified, full-time employee was $66,383, or $31.91 per hour. Retirement contributions and health insurance costs paid by the State were the two components of the average total compensation package that had the largest percentage increase between fiscal year 2015 and fiscal year 2017.
The State's total compensation package for a classified, full-time employee for fiscal year 2017 was composed of $46,475 (64.4 percent) in average annual salary and $25,730 (35.6 percent) in average annual benefits. In comparison, other state and local governments' total compensation packages averaged 62.6 percent salary and 37.4 percent benefits, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. For private industry employees, the average total compensation package consisted of 69.6 percent salary and 30.4 percent benefits, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The State's total compensation package for a classified, full-time employee for fiscal year 2017 was composed of $46,475 (64.4 percent) in average annual salary and $25,730 (35.6 percent) in average annual benefits.
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 2017.
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