Texas / Texas Department of Transportation / Contract Specialist II
Job-title file
Contract Specialist II
Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.
55 employees hold this title in Texas Department of Transportation. Median total compensation for the role is $62,820, below the department median of $66,600.
- Employees
- 55
- Total payroll
- $3.5M
- Role median
- $62,820
- Agency median
- $66,600
- Comparison
- Below
What the records show
Role pay distribution
Pay distribution for this role
How total compensation varies among the 55 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Contract Specialist II pay vs. Texas
Across all employers in Texas, the median wage for Buyers and Purchasing Agents — about 44,030 people — is $76,050. Texas Department of Transportation pays a median base salary of $74,955 for this role, 1% below that figure — about the 48th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Texas Department of Transportation sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Buyers and Purchasing Agents across every employer in Texas, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Texas Department of Transportation’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Buyers and Purchasing Agents — about 491,430 people — is $77,710. Texas Department of Transportation’s median base salary is 4% below that national figure, about the 46th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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 Transportation is $74,955, 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
Contract Specialist II is held in 14 Texas departments. In Texas Department of Transportation, the median of $62,820 ranks #3 of 14.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Contract Specialist II role in other Texasdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Contract Specialist beyond Texas
This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Texas, the median of $69,882 ranks #4 of 7. See Contract Specialist across all of Texas →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Contract Specialistroles 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.
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