Administrative Officer 5 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 08670
- Class code
- 08670
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Administrative Officer 5 is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 08670.
- 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 the performance of important and highly complex executive management functions in a large department. An employee in this job is responsible for performing important management functions at a level directly under a deputy secretary of a large department in all areas of administration, including personnel and fiscal management, budget analysis and preparation, procurement and contract negotiation, public relations, and program development and evaluation; or comparable responsibilities directing the administrative services functions for the largest county assistance office. Work may involve responsibility for management functions as they affect the programs of numerous and complex organizational segments with professional or technical programs, and for the evaluation and improvement of such operations.
Examples of the work
Plans and directs the major staff services of a large department, including personnel and fiscal management, budget analysis and preparation, procurement, public relations, and program development and evaluation. Directs management studies for the establishment of valid quantitative and qualitative standards of measurement, and directs the development of operational methods and procedures. Plans and directs the administrative support and management service functions for the largest county assistance office including personnel, accounting, EDP operations, procurement, records and space management, security and contractual services.
Minimum qualifications
One year as an Administrative Officer 4 (Commonwealth title); or Eight years of experience in progressively responsible and varied management or staff work, including personnel management, fiscal 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.