Supreme Court

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

The Supreme Court operates the court system — adjudicating cases and maintaining judicial records.

In 2026, this agency had 81 employees with median total compensation of $85,962; the highest distinct record was $266,700.

Year: 2026
Total payroll: $9.7M
Employees: 81
Median total: $85,962
Highest record: $266,700

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$56,180$252,000+

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

How 2026 total compensation is spread across the 81 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($85,962) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $119,584 (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

$72,080

$78,972

$85,962

$153,607

$210,000

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $210,000 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $72,080. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

21 · $78,972

17 · $153,607

8 · $252,000

7 · $134,832

Executive Assistant III

4 · $75,115

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	$8.5M —	81 —	$82,643 —
2026	$9.7M ▲ 14.4%	81 ±0%	$85,962 ▲ 4.0%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Amy Starnes

Director I/Supreme Court

2025 total comp

$123,480

Base pay: $123,480
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $123,480
Employment type: Crf - Classified Regular Full-Time
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Class Code: 1620
Hire Date: Feb 14, 2022
Monthly Pay: $10,290
State Employee Number: 1456660

Amy Starnes holds the role of Director I at Supreme Court. Their status is crf - classified regular full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $123,480.