Chief of Appeals, State Civil Service Commission pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 05066
- Class code
- 05066
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Chief of Appeals, State Civil Service Commission is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 05066.
- 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 05/03/1999.
What the state says the job is
This is administrative work responsible for establishing, implementing, and enforcing administrative and procedural functions for the State Civil Service Commission (SCSC) merit system appeal processing program as mandated by the Civil Service Act. The employee in this class performs a variety of responsible office management functions for this highly sensitive Commission program of statewide scope. This employee works closely with Commission legal staff in the management of this program and reports directly to the Chief Counsel, SCSC. The employee consults with and makes recommendations to the Commissioners on a variety of appeal matters and serves as the resident technical expert in the appeal processing function. Timely and accurate scheduling systems and record-keeping is of critical importance.
Examples of the work
Reviews all appeals and meets with the Chief Counsel and Commissioners of the SCSC to discuss appeals on the agenda and makes recommendations regarding the appropriateness of the appeals. Establishes policies and procedures in response to the Commissioners’ decisions. Establishes and continually reviews and revises procedures for the appeals process to improve efficiency and effectiveness. Prepares hearing agenda to include scheduling new appeals, rescheduling on-going appeals, reconsideration requests, withdrawals, and petitions to Commonwealth Court.
Minimum qualifications
Three years of office management or staff experience including or supplemented by one year of office supervisory experience in an office responsible for litigating or adjudicating disputes; or Any equivalent combination of experience and training that includes one year of office supervisory experience in an office responsible for litigating or adjudicating disputes.
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.