Assistant Director, Bureau of Budget Administration pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 08297
- Class code
- 08297
- Pay scale group
- ST 12
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Assistant Director, Bureau of Budget Administration is $117,282 to $178,231 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 08297.
- 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 01/31/2024.
What the state says the job is
This is responsible administrative and managerial work serving as the assistant director of the Bureau of Budget Administration, Office of the Budget. The employee in this job directs policy, program, and planning analyses in support of the development, implementation, and execution of the Commonwealth’s annual operating budget. Work involves directing the development and monitoring of Commonwealth operating budgets from the receipt of agency funding requests through program implementation; and providing budget-related analyses and recommendations for executive level policy and decision makers.
Examples of the work
• Coordinates with the Governor and Governor's executive staff, Commonwealth and agency staff, program managers, and legislative staff to collect information and develop recommendations for resolving fiscal policy conflict issues. • Assists in directing the management and administration of the office’s budget preparation database. • Assists in directing the development of technical budget instructions for the preparation, analysis, and control of departmental budgets. • Oversees and conducts projects to identify and resolve issues with business processes and systems used in planning and managing the development of the Governor’s Executive Budget.
Minimum qualifications
• Six years of professional experience in budget administration, including two years of supervisory experience, and a bachelor's degree; 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.