Texas Transparency

Open government is accountable government:
a clear look at your tax dollars at work in Texas.

Window on State Government - Susan Combs, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Top 5 Texas Comptroller’s Office Spending Categories, 2012

  1. Salaries and Wages: $158,378,175.81
  2. Employee Benefits: $37,334,968.96
  3. Professional Services and Fees:
    $16,853,500.30
  4. Repairs and Maintenance: $14,111,109.6
  5. Rentals and Leases: $11,632,148.93

Check Register Search Tools

Spending by Agency

Find out how much individual state agencies, colleges and universities spend, and who they're buying from.

  The search tools gather an immense amount of data and can take a few minutes to fully load.

Note: Individual state employee paychecks that reflect net salary are confidential and exempt from disclosure under the Texas Open Records Act per the Texas Attorney General. Therefore they do not appear on the check register.

Search Spending by Agency

SEARCH TIPS: The example in the sample image below shows broad spending categories and amounts for the Comptroller's office in fiscal year 2008. This information is available for every state agency, college and university.

Results for State Agency search
Results for State Agency search

To get to the view in the image above, select the fiscal year and agency you wish to see by double-clicking your search choices from each list. Click "Run Query." You'll see a general spending categories page for the agency and year you selected (as shown above).

For more: Click on a category name to drill down to more detailed spending groups and to see individual transactions.

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