Business Analyst 1 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 01051
- Class code
- 01051
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Business Analyst 1 is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 01051.
- 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 01/26/2007.
What the state says the job is
This is beginning level analytical work in documenting, enhancing, and maintaining business processes for their application to information technology (IT) systems. An employee in this job serves as a liaison between business users and the IT staff performing system coding. The focus of this work is on identifying and documenting existing business processes, working with business users to develop and implement improved business processes for their application to an IT system in support of agency program policy, and coordinating resources to implement and support business and system changes. Work also typically involves participating in preparing or reviewing functional specifications for system development or enhancements, developing user test scripts, coordinating or conducting system testing, training users, troubleshooting user or system problems, and developing queries and reports.
Examples of the work
Collects, analyzes, and documents business rules, processes, and legislation. Works with business users to develop and implement improved business processes for their application to an IT system in support of agency program policy. Works with users to determine or enhance system requirements. Prepares or reviews detailed functional specifications for routine changes or enhancements to the IT system to be used by developers for system coding. Participates in the development of detailed functional specifications for complex system development or enhancement projects. Develops user acceptance test scripts. Conducts system testing or coordinates system testing with users.
Minimum qualifications
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.