Chief Deputy Clerk pay range
State of Texas · class code 3630
- Class code
- 3630
- Pay group
- B23
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Texas
- The State of Texas published pay range for Chief Deputy Clerk is $61,184 to $99,658 per year.
- Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and the State Auditor's Office keys this classification as class code 3630.
- 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 Chief Deputy Clerk 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 highly advanced and/or supervisory (senior-level) appellate work. Work involves planning and coordinating court program activities and overseeing the drafting of judgments and mandates. May supervise the work of others. Works under limited supervision, with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.
Examples of the work
Plans and coordinates activities such as law license programs and maintaining a judge’s docket. Oversees the drafting of judgments and mandates. Coordinates data compilations for annual financial reports. Prepares and forwards records to higher courts for review. Answers legal correspondence. Verifies deposits, money transfers, payrolls, and budgetary funds. Maintains official court minutes. Files transcripts, motions, briefs, and rehearings. Provides instruction on the use of an electronic filing system and on the use of computer software to create electronic briefs. Assists in the planning and execution of budget, fiscal, and staffing matters. Assists in transferring cases between courts.
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.