Child Support Officer III pay range
State of Texas · class code 5542
- Class code
- 5542
- Pay group
- B15
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Texas
- The State of Texas published pay range for Child Support Officer III is $38,976 to $58,045 per year.
- Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and the State Auditor's Office keys this classification as class code 5542.
- 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 Support Officer 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 support work involving conducting investigations to locate or trace absent parents and to determine or establish paternity, enforcing court orders of child support, and assisting in preparing case documentation and monitoring cases. Employees may specialize in one or more child support functions such as location, establishment, or enforcement.
Examples of the work
Conducts investigations to locate or trace absent parents. Reviews and assesses cases to develop implementation strategies and determines appropriate case actions. Prepares various documents relating to legal and administrative actions necessary to establish or enforce child support orders. Responds to inquiries concerning case status. Documents actions taken relating to cases. Performs related work as assigned. DESCRIPTION OF LEVELS Examples of work and descriptions are meant to progress through the levels. For example, an employee at level V may also perform work listed within the previous levels.
Minimum qualifications
Experience in interviewing and collections related to child support. Graduation from a standard senior high school or equivalent is generally preferred. Experience and education may be substituted for one another.
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.