Architectural Consultant pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 13330
- Class code
- 13330
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Architectural Consultant is $78,925 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 13330.
- 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 01/25/2019.
What the state says the job is
This is consultative, professional architectural work. An employee in this job performs advanced consultative and professional architectural work for agency and capital improvement construction projects on a statewide basis, or for publicly funded institutional and educational building projects. Work involves developing architectural designs and solutions to construction problems, and resolving construction dispute cases which require a registered architect; serving as the project coordinator for large, complex, or unique construction projects that are contracted to private sector licensed professional architects and engineers; providing direction, advanced technical architectural guidance, and contract administration from the inception of the project to its completion; and critically evaluating architectural projects to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local laws, codes, regul ...
Examples of the work
• Manages large, complex, or unique construction projects by reviewing plans, specifications, and cost estimates developed by private sector registered architects and engineers. • Reviews and approves project plans, cost estimates, contracts, architectural drawings and specifications, construction submittals, computations, and material samples. • Evaluates the approach, site selection, design concepts, architectural soundness, and cost effectiveness of assigned projects to ensure adherence to federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations, and architectural standards.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as an Architectural Designer 2; or • Three years of professional architectural experience in building renovation or preservation and new construction for commercial, institutional, government, or educational buildings or structures, and a bachelor's degree in architecture, architectural engineering, or a closely related field which included major course work in architectural design; 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.