Data Scientist I pay range
State of Texas · class code 0660
- Class code
- 0660
- Pay group
- B28
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Texas
- The State of Texas published pay range for Data Scientist I is $92,600 to $156,612 per year.
- Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and the State Auditor's Office keys this classification as class code 0660.
- 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 Data Scientist 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 data science work involving gathering, analyzing, and managing large data sets to guide key business decisions and model various market conditions to provide information for special projects or reports. Also involves designing and constructing new processes for data modeling and production using prototypes, algorithms, predictive models, and custom analysis.
Examples of the work
Develops and manages predictive modeling algorithms to mine large data sets in order to make business decisions and discover solutions to business problems. Develops and implements databases, data collection systems, data analytics, and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency, accuracy, and quality. Develops data quality measures, analyzes data quality results, and implements necessary changes to ensure data quality improvement. Gathers, cleans, process, compiles, and queries raw data. Codes programs to automate data collection and processing and to use for statistical modeling and graphic analysis; builds data visualization tools, dashboards, and reports.
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.