Guardianship Specialist III pay range
State of Texas · class code 5732
- Class code
- 5732
- Pay group
- B21
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Texas
- The State of Texas published pay range for Guardianship Specialist III is $54,278 to $87,046 per year.
- Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and the State Auditor's Office keys this classification as class code 5732.
- 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 Guardianship Specialist 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 guardianship services work obtaining information and conducting evaluations of an individual’s capacity and need for guardianship services, assuming care and control in all aspects of a ward’s life, and handling financial affairs and the estate of a ward.
Examples of the work
Assesses the need for guardianship on new referrals and explores alternatives to guardianship. Advises, counsels, and interviews wards, family members, and others to gather social, functional, physical, and mental information for evaluation. Assumes care, control, and protection of wards, including arranging for shelter, basic health, and safety needs; handling and arranging medical and psychiatric care; facilitating efforts for education, training, and rehabilitative and social services; and making end-of-life decisions. Maintains contact with every ward in assigned caseload, including regular face-to-face contact. Prepares and maintains documentation on ward-related activity.
Special requirements
May require certification as Certified Guardian by the Texas Judicial Branch Certification Commission.
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.