Compared with the local labor market
Hearings Officer III pay vs. Texas
Across all employers in Texas, the median wage for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers — about 1,300 people — is $100,400. Health and Human Services Commission pays a median base salary of $71,000 for this role, 29% below that figure — about the 28th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Health and Human Services Commission sits in the local pay range
$45,450
$66,420
$100,400
$129,960
$161,700
Health and Human Services Commission median · $71,000
The bar is the range of annual wages for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers across every employer in Texas, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Health and Human Services Commission’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers — about 16,370 people — is $117,860. Health and Human Services Commission’s median base salary is 40% below that national figure, about the 17th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$61,110
$81,140
$117,860
$159,680
$207,480
Health and Human Services Commission median · $71,000
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.
Median total compensation for this role at Health and Human Services Commission is $71,000, 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 jurisdictions
Hearings Officer beyond Texas
This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In Texas, the median of $68,796 ranks #2 of 3. See Hearings Officer across all of Texas →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Hearings Officerroles 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.