Resident Specialist V pay range
State of Texas · class code 5209
- Class code
- 5209
- Pay group
- A16
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Texas
- The State of Texas published pay range for Resident Specialist V 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 5209.
- 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 Resident Specialist 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 care and living skills training work in a residential environment by implementing educational plans and planning activities for academic, daily living, leisure, and social skills; and maintaining residential facilities and monitoring resident behavior.
Examples of the work
Monitors and maintains quality care, treatment, training, and support for all residents in their living environments. Safeguards residents’ safety, health, and well-being; and responds to emergencies, injuries, or complaints according to policy and procedure. Monitors living conditions, activities, and wardrobes; and submits monitoring reports. Assesses and documents residents’ progress toward program objectives. Counsels residents and documents behaviors or discipline. Communicates with other residential staff, facility employees or other interested parties regarding residents’ program and progress. Maintains facility property, equipment, and residents’ personal effects.
Minimum qualifications
Experience working with children and adolescents in a residential or dorm living facility. 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 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), first aid, or prevention and management of aggressive behavior (PMAB).
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.