Commonwealth Public Service Intern pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 08001
- Class code
- 08001
- Pay scale group
- ST 02
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Commonwealth Public Service Intern is $39,159 to $39,159 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 08001.
- 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 01/06/2020.
What the state says the job is
This is structured training performed under an internship program in the commonwealth. An employee in this job participates in an internship program by performing intensified on-the-job project assignments. Program participation may commence as early as the end of the undergraduate sophomore year and must be completed within six months following graduation with an undergraduate or graduate degree. Upon successful completion of the program, an employee may transition into a structured trainee program or be placed in a working-level job title. The scope and progression of assignments and performance measurement objectives are predetermined in accordance with internship program guidelines.
Examples of the work
• Participates in an internship providing formal and on-the-job training and experience in a program office of a commonwealth agency, board, or commission. • Attends training sessions and participates in formal and on-the-job training assignments. • Conducts studies and analyzes issues related to the major field of study. • Prepares detailed and comprehensive reports and develops recommendations on projects completed. • Presents the results of studies and analyses and explains rationale and judgments used in arriving at conclusions. • Participates in a variety of assignments designed to broaden experience in commonwealth organizations, functions, and programs.
Minimum qualifications
• Current enrollment as a full-time undergraduate student in an accredited college/university in a declared bachelor’s degree program and successful completion of at least sixty (60) college credits at the time of hire. Full time undergraduate students who have successfully completed at least thirty (30) college credits and anticipate the completion of at least sixty (60) college credits at the time of hire may apply for this program. or • Current enrollment as a graduate student in an accredited college/university in a declared master’s or doctorate degree program at the time of hire.
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.