Appeals Referee Program Manager pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 07320
- Class code
- 07320
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Appeals Referee Program Manager is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 07320.
- 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 10/12/1994.
What the state says the job is
This is administrative quasi-judicial work in directing a regional unemployment compensation appeals hearing program. An employee in this class supervises the activities of appeals referees and clerical employees within an assigned region. Work involves determining and adjusting assignment of appeals cases to equalize work loads of appeals referees, informing and advising subordinate appeals referees concerning new or revised policies and procedures, reviewing decisions and hearing transcripts for conformance to policies and standards of protocol, evaluating employee performance, interpreting labor agreements, resolving complaints and grievances, and training staff.
Examples of the work
Supervises the work of appeals referees and trainees and clerical staff within a region. Assigns personnel within the region; assigns and reassigns appeals to staff to equalize workloads and expedite disposition of cases. Informs subordinate staff of newly adopted policies and procedures. Receives and evaluates complaints from parties to an appeal, discusses with appeals referee and adjusts procedures or recommends improved hearing protocol, as necessary. Reviews decisions and hearing transcripts for conformance to policies, such standards of protocol as following rules of evidence and rulings on motions, and ability to target and evaluate issues.
Minimum qualifications
One year of experience as an Appeals Referee, and two years of responsibility for planning and directing the operations of technical level staff in a public or private organization; or Five years of experience in the determination of unemployment compensation claims, including adjustment, overpayment, and appeal cases, and including or supplemented by one year of supervisory experience and two years of responsibility for planning and directing the operations of technical level staff in a public or private organization; or Any equivalent combination of experience and training relative to unemployment compensation, including or supplemented by one year of supervisory experience and two years o ...
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.