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Legal Secretary III pay range

State of Texas · class code 3567

$42,976 to $64,469 per year$42,976$64,469MINIMUM · MIDPOINT $53,722 · MAXIMUM

Published per year range, State of Texas

Class code
3567
Pay group
A17
Pay unit
Year
State
Texas

Class specification

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and the State Auditor's Office publishes one State Auditor's Office job description (series) for the Legal Secretary 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 legal secretarial work involving providing legal and administrative support and maintaining communication with clients, attorneys, agencies, and the general public.

Examples of the work

Organizes, indexes, and files legal and administrative documents. Reviews and processes mail for legal staff and schedules, maintains, and updates appointment calendars detailing events. Answers the phone, providing general information or routing calls as appropriate. Participates in recording hearing activities. 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 level V may also perform work listed within the previous levels.

Minimum qualifications

Experience in administrative support or legal secretarial 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.

Nearby classes in Texas

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Legal Secretary III in other states

StateMinimumMaximumPer year at full time
Oklahoma$27,827$114,532$27,827 to $114,532

Each state publishes its own range for a classification with this exact title. Duties, grade structures and bargaining units differ between states, so read each class page before comparing.

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