Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists

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

The Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2026, this agency had 5 employees with median total compensation of $60,000; the highest distinct record was $116,655.

Year: 2026
Total payroll: $334.5K
Employees: 5
Median total: $60,000
Highest record: $116,655

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$31,500$116,655+

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

How 2026 total compensation is spread across the 5 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($60,000) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $66,900 (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

$31,500

$43,000

$60,000

$83,344

$116,655

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $116,655 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $31,500. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Executive Director

1 · $116,655

Investigator VI

1 · $83,344

Program Specialist IV

1 · $60,000

Program Specialist I

1 · $43,000

Program Specialist II

1 · $31,500

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	$461.6K —	7 —	$60,000 —
2026	$334.5K ▼ 27.5%	5 ▼ 28.6%	$60,000 ±0%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Katie Colby

Program Specialist IV/Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists

2026 total comp

$60,000

Base pay: $60,000
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $60,000
Employment type: Crf - Classified Regular Full-Time
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 1
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Class Code: 1573
Hire Date: Oct 25, 2021
Monthly Pay: $5,000
State Employee Number: 1177185

Katie Colby holds the role of Program Specialist IV at Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists. Their status is crf - classified regular full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $60,000.