Attorney 5 Office of General Counsel pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 07161
- Class code
- 07161
- Pay scale group
- AT 05
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Attorney 5 Office of General Counsel is $117,282 to $182,182 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 07161.
- 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 08/01/2022.
What the state says the job is
This is highly responsible administrative and managerial legal work under the authority of the Office of General Counsel (OGC). An employee in this job serves as a division chief in the legal office of a large agency or as the deputy chief counsel in a smaller agency with a large and active legal office. Work involves directing cases involving significant actions made by the department in state courts, overseeing special litigation involving departmental programs and policies, and supervising the settlement and litigation of all cases within the legal office or division. Work may also include writing and reviewing briefs, proposed statutes, regulations, and policy issuances; and rendering professional legal opinions on the legality of department rules and regulations. Supervision is exercised over professional legal and supervisory staff.
Examples of the work
• Develops program-related legislation, amendments to current laws, and modifications to departmental rules and regulations. • Researches, interprets, and applies statutes, regulations, and case law. • Advises agency decision-makers on the interpretation of laws and other legal matters. • Identifies operational issues in the legal office and recommends viable solutions to the chief counsel. • Represents the agency in highly complex and highly visible litigation before trial and appellate courts and in administrative proceedings. • Directs staff in drafting new legislation. • Directs the preparation of briefs and other work associated with litigation and court work.
Minimum qualifications
• Ten years of professional legal experience and graduation from an accredited school of law; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training.
Special requirements
• All employees must be certified for admission to the Bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and must maintain membership on a continuous basis during employment.
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 AT schedule.