Unemployment Insurance pay range
State of Texas · class code 3171
- Class code
- 3171
- Pay group
- B16
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Texas
- The State of Texas published pay range for Unemployment Insurance 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 3171.
- 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 Unemployment Insurance 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 unemployment insurance claims work implementing unemployment insurance claims procedures, programs, and services.
Examples of the work
Reviews and analyzes unemployment insurance claims and program documents for proper payment and conformance to state and federal regulations. Provides technical advice and assistance to claimants and employers. Processes special program claims, including those from Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA), Trade Readjustment Act (TRA), Labor Dispute or other programs related to unemployment insurance as needed. Researches claim information, ensures that accurate information is provided, and replies to correspondence regarding claim determinations and special program claim problems or issues. Prepares reports on production, unemployment insurance programs, and related activities.
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.