District Engineer pay range
State of Texas · class code 2161
- Class code
- 2161
- Pay group
- B34
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Texas
- The State of Texas published pay range for District Engineer is $164,048 to $277,446 per year.
- Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and the State Auditor's Office keys this classification as class code 2161.
- 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 District Engineer 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 and managerial (senior-level) engineering work in a geographically specific district in Texas overseeing transportation system planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance; and right-of-way, inspection, safety, environmental, administrative, and support activities. Works under minimal supervision, with extensive latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.
Examples of the work
Directs planning, location, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of highways, tollways, bridges, structures, airports, public transit systems, and roads. Directs development of work programs to meet transportation needs, including construction, maintenance, and traffic control; and the operations requirements for short- and long-range projections. Directs preparation of funding, planning, right-of-way, construction, maintenance, and operation agreements with cities, counties, transit agencies, metropolitan planning organizations, regional mobility authorities, and private entities.
Minimum qualifications
Experience in engineering work. Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in engineering or a related field that meets the educational requirements for licensure.
Special requirements
Must be licensed as a Professional Engineer by the State of Texas in accordance with Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1001, and Texas Administrative Code, Title 22, Chapter 133.
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.