Payroll Assistant pay range
State of Texas · class code 1290
- Class code
- 1290
- Pay group
- A13
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Texas
- The State of Texas published pay range for Payroll Assistant is $35,439 to $52,388 per year.
- Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and the State Auditor's Office keys this classification as class code 1290.
- 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 Payroll Assistant 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 entry-level payroll processing work involving assisting with payroll preparation and maintaining payroll records. Works under close supervision, with minimal latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.
Examples of the work
Compiles payroll data. Enters, updates, and retrieves information from various automated, human resources, and/or payroll systems. Distributes paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions. Answers basic questions and resolves routine issues related to payroll processing. Participates in the reconciliation of timesheets. Performs related work as assigned.
Minimum qualifications
Experience in payroll processing 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.