Accountant 1 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 03020
- Class code
- 03020
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Accountant 1 is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 03020.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. 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 06/01/1989.
What the state says the job is
This is professional accounting work in the classification, analysis, and reporting of financial data. An employee in this class analyzes financial transactions and prepares documented financial statements and reports to control and account for state funds and to analyze and project financial data. Work involves applying prescribed professional accounting principles and techniques to the treatment of transactions and other accounting operations. Employees perform a wide variety of professional accounting work, but some assignments require an emphasis upon a specific accounting specialty. Supervision may be exercised over a small technical, clerical, or inmate staff. Work is performed within established policies and procedures.
Examples of the work
Maintains or supervises the maintenance of accounting records. Supervises the posting of accounting data to general ledger accounts from accounting records and documents; takes trial balances and prepares financial reports. Supervises the maintenance of expenditure and budgetary control accounts and prepares reports related to the status of accounts. Prepares adjustment transactions to correct or close accounts maintained. Participates in the maintenance of inventory control systems for cost accounting which includes inventory in stock, in process, and finished work to determine cost and wastage.
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's Degree including or supplemented by fifteen credits in accounting. or One year as a Fiscal Technician, and fifteen college credits in accounting; or One year as a Financial Programs Trainee. or Five years of Bookkeeping experience and fifteen college credits in accounting; or Successful completion of the Commonwealth's Accounting Intern Program.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.
Nearby classes in Pennsylvania
Accountant 1 in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | $17.68 | $31.73 | $36,779 to $66,009 |
| Georgia | $35,619 | $56,873 | $35,619 to $56,873 |
| Indiana | $53,222 | $79,846 | $53,222 to $79,846 |
| Louisiana | $40,144 | $78,790 | $40,144 to $78,790 |
| Tennessee | $4,057 | $6,099 | $48,684 to $73,188 |
Each state publishes its own range for a classification with this exact title. Duties, grade structures and bargaining units differ between states, so read each class page before comparing.