Police Communications Operator III pay range
State of Texas · class code 6097
- Class code
- 6097
- Pay group
- B16
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Texas
- The State of Texas published pay range for Police Communications Operator III is $40,918 to $61,130 per year.
- Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and the State Auditor's Office keys this classification as class code 6097.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The State Auditor's Office job description (series) for this class is published by Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and the State Auditor's Office. 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 police and emergency management communications work as a licensed first responder serving as the primary contact for agency officers and local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies who request assistance and information.
Examples of the work
Provides communication interface between agency officers and other law enforcement agencies and serves as the communications link during disasters, civil disturbances, and other serious incidents using radio, telephone, electronic (Internet based), and mobile in-car communications. Provides emergency assistance in incidents posing threats to local, state or national safety and/or the safety and well-being of law enforcement officers or the general public, while exercising sound judgment and resourcefulness.
Minimum qualifications
Experience in dispatch, telephone, police, and emergency management communications work. Graduation from a standard senior high school or equivalent is generally preferred. Education and experience may be substituted for one another.
Special requirements
For Police Communications Operator I level Must be able to qualify for and obtain certification as a telecommunications operator by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
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.