The Texas Comptroller is our state’s financial officer, responsible for overseeing the $100 billion-a-year enterprise of Texas state government. Our duties include managing the state’s investments, estimating the financial impact of proposed legislation and forecasting the amounts that state taxes, fees and other revenue sources will produce over each two-year state budget period.
This requires our economists, researchers and subject-matter experts to keep a constant watch on the Texas economy. In this area, we provide a series of resources that can give you a better understanding of the trends and events that affect our state — and your wallet.
Texas’ biennial budget exceeds $200 billion, and 90 percent of that money supports just three purposes — health and human services, education and transportation. In the November 2018 Fiscal Notes, we examine the forces that drive state spending. Read more »
These reports examine regional economic trends including population, personal income, jobs and wages, and education, as well as economic conditions unique to the state and its regions.
Growing obligations for pensions, teacher’s healthcare and more threaten Texas’ long-term financial health. Read about them, and a potential fix, in the September-October Fiscal Notes.
Manufacturing contributed $226 billion to Texas’ GDP in 2016. Our new video highlights Comptroller Glenn Hegar’s 2017 tour of Texas manufacturers. Watch the video »
In 2015, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 855, which requires state agencies to publish a list of the three most commonly used Web browsers on their websites. The Texas Comptroller’s most commonly used Web browsers are Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Apple Safari.
