Compared with the local labor market
Tax Auditor III pay vs. Texas
Across all employers in Texas, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 116,470 people — is $80,920. Texas Department of Motor Vehicles pays a median base salary of $77,916 for this role, 4% below that figure — about the 45th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Texas Department of Motor Vehicles sits in the local pay range
$53,380
$65,560
$80,920
$103,760
$132,040
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles median · $77,916
The bar is the range of annual wages for Accountants and Auditors across every employer in Texas, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Texas Department of Motor Vehicles’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 1,449,500 people — is $83,680. Texas Department of Motor Vehicles’s median base salary is 7% below that national figure, about the 41st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$56,020
$67,020
$83,680
$109,810
$144,090
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles median · $77,916
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 Texas Department of Motor Vehicles is $77,916, 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 departments
This role across Texas
Tax Auditor III is held in 2 Texas departments. In Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, the median of $77,916 ranks #2 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Tax Auditor III role in other Texasdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Tax Auditor beyond Texas
This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Texas, the median of $86,625 ranks #3 of 7. See Tax Auditor across all of Texas →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Tax Auditorroles 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.