Area Guardian Office Manager pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 40210
- Class code
- 40210
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Area Guardian Office Manager is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 40210.
- 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 11/24/2014.
What the state says the job is
This is supervisory work in managing the operation of guardian offices of state hospitals and state centers in the Department of Human Services. An employee in this job oversees facility guardian offices, located in a geographic area of the Commonwealth, which provide financial planning and management of funds of individuals living at state hospitals and state centers. Work includes directing, developing, and implementing policies and procedures; reviewing and evaluating program effectiveness; and overseeing financial planning activities and the management of individuals’ funds at the assigned facilities. Employees interpret regulations governing fiscal accountability for Facility Guardian Officers and train and assist them in resolving problems such as settling estates, fund distribution, protection of individuals’ rights, and obtaining facility cooperation.
Examples of the work
Supervises Facility Guardian Officers involved in financial planning and management of funds for individuals at assigned facilities. Oversees the implementation of court-initiated guardianship policies and procedures such as wills, property sales, assessments, deeds, and other court actions. Identifies guardian office operational problems and initiates and oversees implementation of corrective action plans. Develops operational contingency plans to provide guardianship services to individuals in the event of staff vacancies. Audits the accounting for individuals' valuables and conducts physical inventories to ensure proper safeguards are in place to secure individuals’ valuables.
Minimum qualifications
One year as a Facility Guardian Officer; or Two years of professional financial planning or accounting experience; 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.