Office of Court Administration

Source file: Texas — State Employee Salaries (Texas Tribune) / ingested Jun 18, 2026

The Office of Court Administration operates the court system — adjudicating cases and maintaining judicial records.

In 2026, this agency had 344 employees with median total compensation of $88,422; the highest distinct record was $268,900.

Year: 2026
Total payroll: $37.1M
Employees: 344
Median total: $88,422
Highest record: $268,900

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

$18,231$192,350+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How 2026 total compensation is spread across the 344 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($88,422) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $107,929 (100%)
Overtime — $0 (0%)
Other — $0 (0%)
Benefits — $0 (0%)

What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.

Pay percentiles

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$64,572

$88,422

$150,621

$189,000

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $189,000 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $64,572. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Court Coordinator II

74 · $64,572

Associate Judge

73 · $189,000

Program Specialist IV

14 · $70,000

Attorney IV

10 · $141,120

Executive Assistant IV

9 · $91,981

The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.

Trend

Year over year

How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 2 published years.

Year	Total payroll	Employees	Median pay
2025	$30.3M —	321 —	$86,775 —
2026	$37.1M ▲ 22.6%	344 ▲ 7.2%	$88,422 ▲ 1.9%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Brett Watkins

Systems Analyst VII/Office of Court Administration

2026 total comp

$163,611

Base pay: $163,611
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $163,611
Employment type: Crf - Classified Regular Full-Time
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: G

Source-specific fields

Class Code: 258
Hire Date: Feb 1, 2020
Monthly Pay: $13,634
State Employee Number: 1253065

Brett Watkins is a Systems Analyst VII at Office of Court Administration. They work crf - classified regular full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $163,611.