Archivist 1 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 26010
- Class code
- 26010
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- C4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Archivist 1 is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 26010.
- 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 05/31/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is entry level professional work assisting in the preservation of documentary materials and digital and non-digital archival records relating to the state’s heritage and the operation of state and local governments within the commonwealth. An employee in this job assists in accessioning, inventorying, appraising, arranging, indexing, describing, and preserving documentary materials from individuals, private institutions, and public records from state agencies and local governments within the commonwealth. Work involves conducting research and preparing responses to inquiries from the public and professional researchers; assisting in locating source or informational materials, which may include retrieving them from the State Archives, and preparing finding aids and guides.
Examples of the work
• Participates in accessioning, inventorying, appraising, arranging, and describing documentary materials and public records from state agencies and units of local government within the commonwealth and from individuals and private institutions who are offering their collections to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). • Gathers historic data and prepares responses to public inquiries for information received in person, by telephone, or by email. • Retrieves data, files, records, and other documentation from the State Archives upon request for use by professional researchers and the public.
Minimum qualifications
• A master’s degree in archival science, history, library information science, or information science that includes six graduate credits in archival science; or • A master’s degree in archival science, history, library information science, or information science that includes three graduate credits in archival science and completion of either the Society of American Archivists’ (SAA) Arrangement and Description Certificate or the SAA Digital Archives Specialist Certificate; or • A master’s degree in archival science, history, library information science, or information science and completion of both the SAA Arrangement and Description Certificate and the SAA Digital Archives Specialist Certi ...
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.
Nearby classes in Pennsylvania
Archivist 1 in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | $53,222 | $79,846 | $53,222 to $79,846 |
| New Jersey | $79,844 | $117,228 | $79,844 to $117,228 |
Each state publishes its own range for a classification with this exact title. Duties, grade structures and bargaining units differ between states, so read each class page before comparing.