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The State of Texas Compensation and Classification System
The State of Texas Position Classification Plan (Plan) is designed to ensure that state employees are classified appropriately and consistently according to their education, work experience, skills, and work performed, and that the salary ranges for positions are competitive with similar positions in the public and private sector. The Plan helps to promote salary parity for similar positions across agencies, allows agencies to recruit and retain employees, and provides salary administration guidelines for similar positions across agencies to make individual pay decisions.
State agencies covered by the Plan are responsible for ensuring compliance with the Plan, as well as making decisions regarding an individual employee's salary rate.
The Position Classification Act (Texas Government Code, Chapter 654) outlines the classification and compensation structure for the majority of state employees and requires the State Classification Team to:
Maintain and ensure that the Plan is current;
Advise and assist state agencies to ensure equitable and uniform application of the Plan;
Conduct position classification compliance audits to ensure conformity with the Plan;
Make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature, as necessary and appropriate, regarding the operation, improvement, and modification of the Plan;
Make periodic studies of salary rates in both the public and private sector for similar work performed in state government; and
Report findings and recommendations to the Governor's Office of Budget and Planning and the Legislative Budget Board preceding each regular session of the Legislature.
Additional information on the structure of the Plan is also available.
The Structure of the Position Classification Plan (Plan)
The Plan provides the salary structure for classified employees in state agencies (excluding higher eduction institutions and legislative agencies). The Plan is based on a job analysis concept known as "job classification." Jobs are placed in classifications that best depict the nature of the work performed. A complete list of current job classifications is available online.
Plan Levels
Occupational Category - A grouping of similar types of work in organizations. Examples of occupational categories include Legal, Maintenance, and Medical and Health.
Job Classification Series - A hierarchical structure of job classification titles involving work of the same nature but requiring different levels of responsibility. This may include entry-, journey-, or senior-level positions. Examples of job classification series include a six-level Attorney series and a five-level Maintenance Specialist series.
Job Classification - A specific group of work assigned to one or more individuals whose work has the same characteristics and same level of responsibility. Examples of job classification titles include Attorney I and Maintenance Specialist I.
The Structure of the Plan's Salary Schedules
Each job classification in the Plan corresponds to a salary schedule that provides the minimum and maximum salary rate. In addition, each job classification has a corresponding salary group assignment appropriate for the type and level of work being performed. The Plan includes three salary schedules:
Salary Schedule A - Includes paraprofessional, administrative support, maintenance, service, and technician positions.
Salary Schedule B - Includes mainly professional and managerial positions.
Salary Schedule C - Includes commissioned peace officers who are employed by the Alcoholic Beverage Commission, the Attorney General's Office, the Department of Criminal Justice, the Department of Public Safety, and the Parks and Wildlife Department.
Additional information on current salary schedules.
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