Programmer II pay range
State of Texas · class code 0242
- Class code
- 0242
- Pay group
- B22
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Texas
- The State of Texas published pay range for Programmer II is $57,614 to $93,138 per year.
- Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and the State Auditor's Office keys this classification as class code 0242.
- 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 Programmer 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 computer programming work involving analyzing system specifications to develop software for computer applications; developing solution software; documenting the methods and procedures used in software development; and testing, correcting, and revising software.
Examples of the work
Analyzes users’ needs; designs, tests, and develops software to meet those needs. Develops routine code and debugs software. Analyzes proposed applications for equipment requirements and capabilities. Analyzes, reviews, and revises software to increase operating efficiency or to adapt to new procedures. Compiles and documents procedures used throughout software development and revision. Prepares detailed workflow charts and diagrams that describe input, output, and logical operation and converts them into a series of instructions coded in a programming language. Performs related work as assigned.
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.