Compared with the local labor market
Records Analyst III pay vs. Texas
Across all employers in Texas, the median wage for File Clerks — about 11,340 people — is $39,480. Department of Public Safety pays a median base salary of $50,667 for this role, 28% above that figure — about the 77th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Department of Public Safety sits in the local pay range
$27,380
$33,000
$39,480
$49,080
$61,800
Department of Public Safety median · $50,667
The bar is the range of annual wages for File Clerks 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 File Clerks — about 73,440 people — is $43,600. Department of Public Safety’s median base salary is 16% above that national figure, about the 72nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$31,200
$36,420
$43,600
$51,770
$63,490
Department of Public Safety median · $50,667
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 23 of 24 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 $50,258, 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 jurisdictions
Records Analyst beyond Texas
This role is reported in 4 jurisdictions. In Texas, the median of $46,974 ranks #2 of 4. See Records Analyst across all of Texas →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Records Analyst roles 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.