Third Court of Appeals District

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

The Third Court of Appeals District operates the court system — adjudicating cases and maintaining judicial records.

In 2026, this agency had 32 employees with median total compensation of $146,110; the highest distinct record was $244,475.

Year: 2026
Total payroll: $4.5M
Employees: 32
Median total: $146,110
Highest record: $244,475

What the records show

Compensation analytics

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

Salary distribution

$72,405$231,000+

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

How 2026 total compensation is spread across the 32 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($146,110) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $139,803 (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

$72,405

$95,440

$146,110

$211,750

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $211,750 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $72,405. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

17 · $146,110

5 · $211,750

4 · $72,405

2 · $75,684

1 · $244,475

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	$3.9M —	32 —	$131,276 —
2026	$4.5M ▲ 14.2%	32 ±0%	$146,110 ▲ 11.3%

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Similar departments

Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.

Fourth Court of Appeals District Texas99% match
Office of Administrative Law California74% match
Public Defender City and County of San Francisco71% match
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Record list

Employees

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Sabra Sweeney

Attorney IV/Third Court of Appeals District

2026 total comp

$87,666

Base pay: $87,666
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $87,666
Employment type: Crp - Classified Regular Part-Time
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.6
Middle name: N

Source-specific fields

Class Code: 3505
Hire Date: Feb 23, 2026
Monthly Pay: $7,306
State Employee Number: 32568

Sabra Sweeney works as a Attorney IV for Third Court of Appeals District. Their status is crp - classified regular part-time, 0.6 FTE. Sabra earned $87,666 in 2026.