Archivist 2 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 26020
- Class code
- 26020
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- C4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Archivist 2 is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 26020.
- 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 professional work preserving 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 performs archival work to ensure the preservation, availability, and dissemination of historic documentary materials and records and to stimulate interest in the principles and methods of maintaining and using historic documentary materials and records. Work involves accessioning, inventorying, appraising, arranging, indexing, describing, and preserving documentary materials and public records.
Examples of the work
• Accessions, inventories, appraises, arranges, and describes documentary materials and public records from state agencies and units of local government within the commonwealth and from private individuals and institutions who offer their collections to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). • Participates in surveys of records from state and local governments; provides advice and guidance to state and local officials and other groups regarding the maintenance and disposition of records. • Coordinates and oversees the preservation and storage of state and local government records.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as an Archivist 1 (commonwealth title); or • One year of professional experience at a formally established archival program performing appraisal and disposition, arrangement and description, or reference services work and a master’s degree in archival science, history, library information science, or information science that includes six graduate credits in archival science; or • One year of professional experience at a formally established archival program performing appraisal and disposition, arrangement and description, or reference services work and a master’s degree in archival science, history, library information science, or information science that includes three graduate ...
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 2 in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | $66,592 | $97,354 | $66,592 to $97,354 |
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.