Deputy Director I pay range
State of Texas · class code 1630
- Class code
- 1630
- Pay group
- B33
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Texas
- The State of Texas published pay range for Deputy Director I is $149,134 to $252,224 per year.
- Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and the State Auditor's Office keys this classification as class code 1630.
- 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 Deputy Director 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 advanced (senior-level) policy administration and managerial work, involving strategic planning, state agency administration, and working closely with the executive director on the day-to-day operations of the agency and/or departments and/or divisions. Supervises the work of others, including staff at the executive level and/or management level. Works under minimal supervision, with extensive latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.
How it differs from neighbouring classes
The Deputy Director job classification series typically embodies greater scope and complexity than the Director job classification series; however, it is possible for a high-level Director (such as Director VI, VII, or VIII) in a large organization to have a greater level of responsibility, scope of function, and impact than a Deputy Director for a smaller organization.
Examples of the work
Directs the day-to-day operations of the agency, including the agency’s financial, budgetary, operational, and programmatic activities; or oversees major, complex, and functionally related areas organized into multiple departments and/or divisions. Directs and approves the preparation of the budget; determines long-range budgetary plans agency wide or for several departments and/or divisions. Oversees and/or prepares agency policies, procedures, reports, and studies. Oversees and implements appropriate resources to ensure that the operations of the agency are appropriate.
Special requirements
May require registration, certification, or licensure in a specialty area.
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.