Deputy State Budget Director pay range
Commonwealth of Kentucky · class code 20001761
- Class code
- 20001761
- Pay grade
- 22
- Pay unit
- Month
- Alternate ranges
- 3
- State
- Kentucky
- The Commonwealth of Kentucky published pay range for Deputy State Budget Director is $7,872 to $12,595 per month, spanning every alternate range the plan defines.
- Kentucky publishes an entry rate and a midpoint for each pay grade, not a maximum, so the upper figure on this page is the grade midpoint.
- That works out to about $94,466 to $151,145 a year at full time.
- Kentucky Personnel Cabinet keys this classification as class code 20001761.
- The plan defines 3 alternate ranges for this class, so the rate depends on which criteria an employee meets.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Alternate ranges
| Range | Entry | Midpoint | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Range 37.5-hour week | $7,872 | $11,808 | per month |
| Range 40-hour week | $8,397 | $12,595 | per month |
| Range Hourly | $48.44 | $72.67 | per hour |
Which alternate range applies is set by the plan's own criteria (experience, certification or assignment). The criteria text lives in the source document.
Class specification
The Personnel Cabinet class specification for this class is published by Kentucky Personnel Cabinet. 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. It was last revised 09/16/2023.
What the state says the job is
Formulates and executes the budgeting, policy planning, organizational, management and intergovernmental relations policies and processes of the Commonwealth and its Cabinets and Departments with the primary level of contact being the Governor, the Secretary of the Cabinet, the State Budget Director, the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet and other Cabinet Secretaries. Provides direction and supervision in the conduct of the Governor's Office for Policy and Management (GOPM) staff activities. Responsible for directing the GOPM staff in the development and implementation of the ongoing budgeting, policy planning, management, and intergovernmental relations processes statutorily assigned to the Governor's Office for Policy and Management; and performs other duties as required.
Examples of the work
Responsible for the evaluation and analysis of recommendations prepared by the GOPM staff and the Secretaries of the various Cabinets in order to assist the Governor, the Secretary of the Cabinet and the State Budget Director in making policy decisions related to the management and operations of state government. Works on a day to day basis with the Secretaries and Commissioners of the various Cabinets and Departments and assists them in the development of policy as it relates to their individual agencies. Supervises, directs and coordinates the GOPM staff in the conduct of in depth policy analyses, budget reviews and management studies of state agencies.
Minimum qualifications
EDUCATION: Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's or a master's degree in public administration, business administration, economics, political science or a related field. EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, OR SKILLS: Five years of experience in statewide budgeting in either the state budget office, the Legislative Research Commission's budget- related entities, an agency budget office, or in the executive or legislative budget offices of another state government.
Quoted from the Personnel Cabinet class specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Kentucky Personnel Cabinet publishes this figure in Classified and Unclassified 37.5 and 40-Hour Salary Schedule, effective September 16, 2026. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
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