Storage Administrator III pay range
Commonwealth of Kentucky · class code 21005139
- Class code
- 21005139
- Pay grade
- 13
- Pay unit
- Month
- Alternate ranges
- 3
- State
- Kentucky
- The Commonwealth of Kentucky published pay range for Storage Administrator III is $3,339 to $5,343 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 $40,071 to $64,114 a year at full time.
- Kentucky Personnel Cabinet keys this classification as class code 21005139.
- 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 | $3,339 | $5,009 | per month |
| Range 40-hour week | $3,562 | $5,343 | per month |
| Range Hourly | $20.55 | $30.82 | 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.
What the state says the job is
Designs complex storage administration assignments. Writes command scripts to automate technical administrative functions of Enterprise storage systems involving SAN, NAS, RAID, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery within Commonwealth of Technology (COT) and non-consolidated agencies. Serves as liaison with vendors, developers, users, and other information technology (IT) personnel for problem resolution; and performs other duties as required.
Examples of the work
Designs methods and automations and works with disaster recovery coordinators for DR playbooks. Performs disaster recovery testing as needed. Installs, maintains, and troubleshoots security certificates. Proactively ensures the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability. Designs, deploys, and maintains Storage Area Networks (SAN) and Network Attached Storage (NAS). Monitors storage usage, capacity planning, and scalability. Provides primary oversight of backup systems and designs and tests disaster recovery strategies specific to storage systems. Fine-tunes storage systems for performance and reliability.
Minimum qualifications
EDUCATION: Graduate of a college or university with an associate's degree in information technology (IT) or related field OR certification in an IT related field. EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, OR SKILLS: Six years of experience in IT, service desk analysis, desktop support, database analysis, application programming, systems analysis, server support, or computer operating system management. Substitute EDUCATION for EXPERIENCE: Additional education in computer science, business or public administration, or a related field will substitute for required experience on a year-for-year basis. Substitute EXPERIENCE for EDUCATION: Two years of additional experience in IT or computer science will substitute for the education requirement.
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.
Job titles and their pay grades come from the Job Specification Search, joined to the salary schedule.