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Programmer IV pay range

State of Texas · class code 0244

$76,530 to $129,430 per year$76,530$129,430MINIMUM · MIDPOINT $102,980 · MAXIMUM

Published per year range, State of Texas

Class code
0244
Pay group
B26
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 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.

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