Applications Developer 1 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 01521
- Class code
- 01521
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Applications Developer 1 is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 01521.
- 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 01/01/2010.
What the state says the job is
This is technical work in the analysis, planning, design, programming, and maintenance of computer applications. An employee in this job is responsible for the analysis, planning, design, development, testing and debugging, maintenance, and documentation of applications of limited complexity to fulfill the needs of the client's business system. Work involves independent development, maintenance, or customization of applications of limited complexity with easily understood business processes and relatively few variables or operational requirements; serving as a team member on complex development, maintenance, or customization projects; or participating, in a role of limited scope, in highly complex agency or interagency systems development projects that involve critical business processes, numerous variables, and diverse operational requirements.
Examples of the work
Meets with users or business analysts or participates in user meetings to determine existing business processes, problems, objectives, and requirements in order to design or modify a system solution that will meet user needs. Participates in identifying design alternatives, including the technical and economic feasibility of each alternative, and develops recommendations for systems parameters, including proposed schedule and projected costs for development. Develops or participates in developing specifications for the proposed business system, including report layouts, screens, input documents and forms file design, forms design, and physical file structure.
Minimum qualifications
One year as an Information Technology Trainee or Computer Programmer 2; or One year of information technology experience in applications development or applications maintenance, and an associate’s degree in any information technology field; or Three years of information technology experience that includes one year of experience in applications development or applications maintenance; or An 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.