Chief of Staff, Deputy Secretary of Human Services pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 49905
- Class code
- 49905
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Chief of Staff, Deputy Secretary of Human Services is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 49905.
- 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 01/22/2018.
What the state says the job is
This is responsible consultative and policy development work as the Chief of Staff for a deputy-level organization (Office) in the Department of Human Services (DHS). An employee in this job is responsible for providing coordinative supervision over all Office program components and special initiatives in order to improve and/or modernize services provided. Work involves serving as a key member of the executive team and working with the deputy secretary to identify, emphasize, and discuss issues impacting services. Work includes establishing goals and objectives to implement the Office’s strategic plan; developing and implementing policies and procedures; and providing leadership and coordination to Office program managers to ensure that all programs are providing high-quality services.
Examples of the work
• Directs the development and coordination of policy, programs, special initiatives, and projects for the Office. • Develops policies to support new programs and interprets policy and procedures for the Deputy Secretary’s Office and the Secretary of Human Services. • Provides policy, research, and planning support to the Deputy Secretary and provides advice on a wide variety of highly complex and sensitive programmatic and administrative matters. • Reviews, evaluates, and makes recommendations concerning proposed legislation impacting program areas.
Minimum qualifications
• Seven years of consultative human services or social services program experience that includes two years in a supervisory capacity, and four years involving program planning and policy development, and a bachelor’s degree; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes two years of human services or social services program supervisory experience, and four years of experience involving program planning and policy development.
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.