Listen to this article 3 min
The average full-time city employee in Austin earns $82,727 annually, while the average part-time employee earns $31,439.93. The figures only include base salaries, so overtime pay is not taken into account.
The city has 15,164 full-time employees and 2,771 part-time employees. Almost 3,900 city employees earn more than $100,000 annually, while 30 have a base salary of at least $250,000.
Five of the city’s top earners work for Austin Energy, including General Manager Robert Kahn, who is the highest-paid employee in the city with a base salary of just over $475,000. That's slightly more than the base pay for Austin's new city manager, T.C. Broadnax.
Our partners at KXAN News have a detailed breakdown of the top earners at Austin City Hall.
2022 Austin office: No. of retained executive placements
| Rank | Prior Rank | Company name (Prior rank) |
|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | RecruitAbility LLC |
2 | 2 | Strawn Arnold & Associates Ltd. |
3 | 3 | HireBetter |
