Counsel Substitute III pay range
State of Texas · class code 4562
- Class code
- 4562
- Pay group
- A17
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Texas
- The State of Texas published pay range for Counsel Substitute III is $42,976 to $64,469 per year.
- Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and the State Auditor's Office keys this classification as class code 4562.
- 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 Counsel Substitute 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 work as a representative and an advocate of offenders in a correctional facility involving providing technical support to offenders in the disciplinary process.
Examples of the work
Notifies and interviews offenders charged with violation of rules and regulations. Investigates offenders’ defenses to charges of violation. Prepares a summary of witness statements. Obtains and maintains documentary evidence. Attends hearings and represents offenders at disciplinary hearings. Advises offenders of disciplinary appellate procedures. 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 a level III may also perform work listed within the previous levels.
Minimum qualifications
Experience in offender advocate program 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.