Chief, Payroll Operations Division pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 03300
- Class code
- 03300
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Chief, Payroll Operations Division is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 03300.
- 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 01/21/2014.
What the state says the job is
This is managerial accounting work in planning, organizing and directing enterprise-wide payroll processing and deduction accounting functions in the Office of Comptroller Operations, Bureau of Commonwealth Payroll Operations, Payroll Operations Division. The employee in this job directs managers and staff in the development, implementation and evaluation of enterprise-wide payroll processing and deduction accounting systems. Work involves oversight of the calculation, distribution, restitution, accountability and reporting of monies paid to, deducted from, or fringe benefits paid on behalf of the commonwealth to all employees under the Governor’s jurisdiction.
Examples of the work
• Plans, organizes and directs the work of division staff through subordinate managers. • Develops, implements, and administers policies and procedures that provide for the efficient and effective operations of employee payroll processing, injury and special processing and payroll accounting in the commonwealth. • Develops qualitative and quantitative service level commitments in conjunction with key stakeholders; ensures service levels are maintained and addresses escalated issues to provide resolution. • Develops goals and objectives for the division consistent with those of the Bureau of Commonwealth Payroll Operations.
Minimum qualifications
• Six years of professional accounting experience including two years in a supervisory capacity; and a bachelor’s degree including twenty-four credits in accounting; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes two years of supervisory accounting experience and twenty-four credits in accounting.
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.