Associate Economist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 05650
- Class code
- 05650
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Associate Economist is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 05650.
- 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 06/15/2007.
What the state says the job is
This is professional analytical work in the research, analysis, manipulation, interpretation, and presentation of economic information. An employee in this job is responsible for researching, manipulating, and interpreting economic data to develop forecasts and conduct impact analysis to analyze agency policy issues and public information needs that involve economic implications and estimate the economic impact of new or changing laws on agency objectives.
Examples of the work
Analyzes agency policy issues and public information needs that involve economic implications and estimates the economic impact of new or changing laws on agency objectives. Researches, manipulates, and interprets economic data to develop forecasts and conduct impact analysis of wages, income, working conditions, labor legislation, and industrial relations. Applies appropriate economic theories to forecast trends through the use of economic modeling and statistical techniques including quantitative and statistical theories and regression analysis. Utilizes statistical, econometric, and input and output software to manipulate, summarize, and interpret data.
Minimum qualifications
One year of professional experience researching, analyzing, interpreting or presenting economic information; and a bachelor’s degree that includes 18 credits in economics; or A master’s degree in economics; or An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes 18 credits in economics.
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.