Chief, Contracts Division pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 03280
- Class code
- 03280
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Chief, Contracts Division is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 03280.
- 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 01/26/2018.
What the state says the job is
This is managerial work in planning, organizing, and directing the contracts and related functions in the Office of Comptroller Operations, Bureau of Payable Services, Contracts Division. The employee in this job is responsible for directing the contracting, service and commodity purchase orders, service requests for proposal (RFP), and grant agreement functions through subordinate managers. Work involves managing staff and operations involved in reviewing and approving or disapproving service and commodity purchase orders and participating in the solicitation process, and reviewing, evaluating, and analyzing contract documents.
Examples of the work
• Plans, organizes, and directs the work of division staff and manages overall operations. • Develops, implements, and administers policies and procedures related to the analysis of key controls and reporting requirements, customer service inquiries, and issue resolution. • Develops and tracks performance measures for the division and implements annual and long-term plans to address deficiencies. • Identifies workflow issues and redeploys resources to address needs. • Addresses escalated issues and provides resolution.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as a Contract Manager; or • Six years of professional experience performing contract, accounting, or financial documentation and transactions review and analysis work including two years in a supervisory capacity, and a bachelor’s degree in finance, business, accounting, or a closely related field; or • Ten years of professional experience performing contract, accounting, or financial documentation and transactions review and analysis work including two years in a supervisory capacity; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes two years of supervisory experience.
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.