Applications Developer 2 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 01522
- Class code
- 01522
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Applications Developer 2 is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 01522.
- 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 advanced 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 complex applications to fulfill the needs of the client's business system. Work involves independent development, maintenance, or customization of complex applications requiring consideration of several variables or operational requirements or serving as a team member on 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 to determine existing business processes, problems, objectives, and requirements in order to design or modify a system solution that will meet user needs. Identifies 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 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 Applications Developer 1 or Computer Programmer 3; or Two years of information technology experience in applications development or applications maintenance, and an associate’s degree in any information technology field; or Four years of information technology experience that includes two years of experience in applications development or applications maintenance; or A bachelor's degree in any information technology field.
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.