Audit Specialist 1 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 03700
- Class code
- 03700
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Audit Specialist 1 is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 03700.
- 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 06/01/1989.
What the state says the job is
This is professional work in the managerial auditing of organizations, programs, activities and functions for the Office of the Budget. An employee in this class performs analytical and evaluative work in the examination, evaluation and reporting on the accountability and effective management and utilization of funds administered by Commonwealth agencies and recipient organizations and in the formulation and negotiation of substantive recommendations to adjust or modify operations in order to insure compliance with Federal, state or departmental laws, regulations and policies and improve the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of operations. At this level, work is performed within established auditing programs and is distinguished from the next higher level by the limited variety and scope of auditing programs assigned.
Examples of the work
Performs all or assigned objectives of managerial audits of Commonwealth organizations, programs, activities and functions and those of entities subject to the state's examination. Conducts audits of service providers under contract to the department. Conducts audits of the administration of subgrants by recipient organizations under established audit programs. Reviews and evaluates inventory records maintained by department warehouses to determine the accuracy of perpetual inventory systems and costing procedures. Conducts follow-up audits to insure compliance with previous audit exceptions or to ascertain if recommendations have been accepted, implemented and are improving operations.
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's Degree including or supplemented by eighteen (18) credits in accounting, and auditing; or One year as a Financial Programs Trainee; or Successful completion of the Commonwealth's Accounting Intern Program within the previous eighteen (18) months; or Any equivalent combination of experience and training which included the required eighteen (18) credits in accounting and auditing.
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.