Child Protective Services pay range
State of Texas · class code 5027
- Class code
- 5027
- Pay group
- B20
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Texas
- The State of Texas published pay range for Child Protective Services is $51,158 to $81,351 per year.
- Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and the State Auditor's Office keys this classification as class code 5027.
- 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 Child Protective Services 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 child protective services work involving obtaining information; investigating reports of alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation of children; participating in taking corrective action; and/or serving as conservator of a child.
Examples of the work
Obtains information and investigates reports of alleged abuse or neglect and emergency situations and takes corrective action. Assesses child’s needs for degree and priority of services and develops service plans. Advises, counsels, and interviews children, parents, caregivers, family members, and others to gather social, functional, and physical and mental health information for evaluation. Visits child to assess the child’s safety; plan for permanency; and discuss needs, wishes, and progress while in care. Removes children in dangerous situations from homes and admits children to emergency shelters until foster homes are found.
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.