Psychiatric Nursing pay range
State of Texas · class code 4352
- Class code
- 4352
- Pay group
- A13
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Texas
- The State of Texas published pay range for Psychiatric Nursing 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 4352.
- 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 Psychiatric Nursing 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 habilitative and rehabilitative patient care services work by providing health and personal care services to patients; observing, reporting, and documenting patient conditions and behaviors; and intervening in medical and/or psychiatric emergencies.
Examples of the work
Provides health, personal, and emergency care services to patients. Observes, reports, and documents patient conditions and behaviors. Observes patients for signs and symptoms of disease, injury, reactions to medications, or other conditions that warrant medical intervention. Maintains direct and ongoing therapeutic interactions with patients to promote living and social skills. Monitors patients and environment to provide for individual safety and health. Administers first aid to patients as appropriate.
Minimum qualifications
Experience in direct patient care work. Graduation from a standard senior high school or equivalent is generally preferred. Experience and education may be substituted for one another.
Special requirements
May require certification in CPR, first aid, or PMAB. May require a valid driver’s license.
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.