Administrative Officer 4 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 08660
- Class code
- 08660
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Administrative Officer 4 is $78,925 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 08660.
- 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 03/08/2024.
What the state says the job is
This is highly responsible administrative work in directing a major departmental program, or performing important management functions of comparable responsibility. An employee in this job is responsible for administering a large-scale and complex departmental program, or performing important management functions of comparable responsibility, including directing such major staff services as personnel and fiscal management, budget preparation, and purchasing. Work may involve serving as principal administrative officer of a major board or commission. An employee in this job may be responsible for exercising broad supervision over a large number of technical and clerical personnel. Work is performed within the broad framework of existing laws and policies, but considerable latitude exists for individual discretion.
Examples of the work
Directs a major departmental program involving large-scale and highly complex administrative operations; plans, organizes, and directs the work of a large number of technical and clerical personnel; establishes operational methods and procedures; develops departmental polices and regulations; recommends the establishment and revision of laws; prepares various statistical, financial, and special reports; holds periodic conferences with subordinate personnel.
Minimum qualifications
One year as an Administrative Officer 3 (Commonwealth title); or Six years of experience in progressively responsible and varied office management or staff work, including experience in personnel management, budgeting, or procurement; and such training as may have been gained through graduation from a four-year college or university; or Any equivalent combination of experience and training.
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.