The Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Youth Commission and the Department of Public Safety will be giving pay increases totaling $292,448 a year to 160 employees whose jobs were not properly classified.

According to a review just released by the state Auditor's Office, the 160 were among 451 program specialist jobs not properly classified by the three state agencies. These other reclassified positions did not result in a pay increase, according to the auditor's review.

A classification team for the auditor's office in July 2009 found that about half the agencies' program specialist positions were correctly classified, or 418 of the 869 positions. The agencies agreed with the auditor's recommendation that the specialists be reclassified as supervisors.