Portfolio Project Manager I pay range
State of Texas · class code 1650
- Class code
- 1650
- Pay group
- B28
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Texas
- The State of Texas published pay range for Portfolio Project Manager I is $92,600 to $156,612 per year.
- Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and the State Auditor's Office keys this classification as class code 1650.
- 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 Portfolio Project Manager 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 portfolio project management work, where a portfolio consists of multiple projects or programs, whether related or non-related. Work involves coordinating the planning and initiation of a portfolio of projects at various levels of completion; monitoring the progress, budgets, and schedules of portfolios; and communicating with portfolio and project stakeholders, management, and other relevant parties.
How it differs from neighbouring classes
The Portfolio Project Manager job classification series is intended for positions that routinely manage multiple concurrent projects that may vary in size, scope, and complexity and typically impact the entire agency. Employees in these roles oversee a collection of projects, ensuring that they align with the agency’s broader strategic goals; they manage resources across projects that may share or operate independently, particularly within agencies overseeing large, high-risk, and high-value pro ...
Examples of the work
Coordinates, develops, and evaluates a portfolio of projects using accepted portfolio management methodologies. Coordinates project portfolio activities with other state agencies, governmental jurisdictions, or private sector partners and contractors. Develops budgets, schedules, work plans, resource requirements, and cost estimates and projections for a portfolio of projects. Develops and implements plans to communicate and explain project portfolio methodologies, and makes presentations to interested groups and team members.
Special requirements
May require certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP) or as a Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP).
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.