The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is a pretty big outfit. At last count, the Austin-based state agency employed a workforce of around 3,000 people including fulltime, part-time and seasonal employees. It’s the eighth largest of Texas’ 11 state agencies.
While many employees report daily to the department headquarters at 4200 Smith School Rd., most of the agency’s staff are stationed at various field offices, or at one of 89 state parks/historic sites, dozens of wildlife management areas and eight fish hatcheries that are included in the 1.4 million acres managed by the state in name of recreation and conservation.
It’s not a bad place to hang a hat if you don’t mind navigating the bureaucratic tight rope from time to time. Six-digit salaries are common among TPWD’s top brass.
