Texas / Department of Public Safety / Custodian IV
Job-title file
Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.
55 employees hold this title in Department of Public Safety. Median total compensation for the role is $42,766, below the department median of $68,978.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 55 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Texas, the median wage for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners — about 184,840 people — is $33,010. Department of Public Safety pays a median base salary of $44,691 for this role, 35% above that figure — about the 88th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners across every employer in Texas, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Public Safety’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners — about 2,209,760 people — is $36,840. Department of Public Safety’s median base salary is 21% above that national figure, about the 77th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Texas range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 50 of 65 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Public Safety is $40,000, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Custodian IV is held in 5 Texas departments. In Department of Public Safety, the median of $42,766 ranks #2 of 5.
Median total compensation for the Custodian IV role in other Texasdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 18 jurisdictions. In Texas, the median of $36,229 ranks #12 of 18. See Custodian across all of Texas →
Median total compensation for comparable Custodianroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Custodian IV/Department of Public Safety
At Department of Public Safety, Jason Williams serves as a Custodian IV. Their 2026 pay totaled $23,891.
Custodian IV/Department of Public Safety
Source-specific fields
Maribel Perez works as a Custodian IV for Department of Public Safety. Their status is crp - classified regular part-time, 0.5 FTE. Maribel earned $23,891 in 2026.
Custodian IV/Department of Public Safety
Source-specific fields
At Department of Public Safety, Misty Barbian Cairns serves as a Custodian IV. They work crp - classified regular part-time, 0.5 FTE. Their 2026 pay totaled $23,891.
Custodian IV/Department of Public Safety
Source-specific fields
Antonia Erebia holds the role of Custodian IV at Department of Public Safety. Their status is crp - classified regular part-time, 0.5 FTE. In 2026, their total compensation was $23,105.