Certified Peer Support pay range
State of Texas · class code 4008
- Class code
- 4008
- Pay group
- A12
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Texas
- The State of Texas published pay range for Certified Peer Support is $33,840 to $49,798 per year.
- Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and the State Auditor's Office keys this classification as class code 4008.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and the State Auditor's Office publishes one State Auditor's Office job description (series) for the Certified Peer Support Specialist series, which includes this class. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications.
What the state says the job is
Performs peer support work by observing interactions with persons served; leading individual and group sessions; and leading educational panels for organizational staff, committees, and communities.
Examples of the work
Models recovery achievements and supports persons served with their recovery efforts. Builds and maintains individual relationships and shares recovery stories with persons served and external stakeholders. Leads individual and group recovery sessions. Leads educational panels for organizational staff, committees, and communities. Leads and/or participates in team meetings. Completes required documentation. Fosters integration of persons served into communities. Assists persons served in developing communication, social, problem-solving, and self-help skills. Performs related work as assigned. DESCRIPTION OF LEVELS Examples of work and descriptions are meant to progress through the levels.
Minimum qualifications
Experience in behavioral or intellectual challenges. Graduation from a standard senior high school or equivalent is generally preferred. Experience and education may be substituted for one another.
Special requirements
Must be a certified as a Peer Specialist by a State of Texas credentialing authority.
Quoted from the State Auditor's Office job description (series), read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and the State Auditor's Office publishes this figure in Classification Salary Schedule for Fiscal 2026-27, joined to the State's Position Classification Plan (SAO report 25-701). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
Job titles and their pay groups come from the State's Position Classification Plan, joined to the salary schedule.