Contract Technician pay range
State of Texas · class code 1974
- Class code
- 1974
- Pay group
- A13
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Texas
- The State of Texas published pay range for Contract Technician is $35,439 to $52,388 per year.
- Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and the State Auditor's Office keys this classification as class code 1974.
- 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 Contract Technician 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 complex (senior-level) contract assistance and review work. Work involves assisting with preparing and reviewing contract materials, contract monitoring, verifying billings for fiscal accuracy and completeness, and maintaining contract files. Works under limited supervision, with moderate latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.
How it differs from neighbouring classes
The Contact Technician is intended for employees who provide technical administrative support and assistance to contract agencies and to professional agency staff performing contract work. While working with professional contract staff, Contract Technicians learn how to apply theories and principles of the professional field.
Examples of the work
Provides technical assistance in the development and preparation of contracts and amendments. Provides contract agencies with changes in eligibility criteria and forms. Reviews contracts and related amendments and verifies that contract data meets legal and fiscal requirements. Reviews reports of statistical information and ensures that data accurately reflects the status of contract activity. Maintains expenditure ledgers and statistical information on each contract agency and prepares status reports. Maintains and reviews contract files and reviews and/or verifies contract data included in contract management database.
Minimum qualifications
Experience in contract review or procurement work. 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.