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Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council

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

The Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council oversees public health and medical services — disease prevention, clinics and hospitals, and health licensing and regulation.

In 2026, this agency had 57 employees with median total compensation of $52,000; the highest distinct record was $221,878.

Year: 2026
Total payroll: $3.7M
Employees: 57
Median total: $52,000
Highest record: $221,878

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$41,000$159,000+

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

How 2026 total compensation is spread across the 57 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($52,000) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $65,565 (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

$43,000

$44,000

$52,000

$76,150

$88,000

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $88,000 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $43,000. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

License and Permit Specialist II

12 · $44,000

Attorney II

6 · $86,922

Investigator II

6 · $49,000

Investigator III

5 · $52,000

Customer Service Representative I

3 · $42,000

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	$3.5M —	57 —	$49,000 —
2026	$3.7M ▲ 5.6%	57 ±0%	$52,000 ▲ 6.1%

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Record list

Employees

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Damon Parker

Investigator V/Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council

2026 total comp

$68,355

Base pay: $68,355
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $68,355
Employment type: Crf - Classified Regular Full-Time
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Class Code: 1355
Hire Date: Sep 1, 2020
Monthly Pay: $5,696
State Employee Number: 200630

Damon Parker holds the role of Investigator V at Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. Their status is crf - classified regular full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $68,355.