Communications Director 2 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 05910
- Class code
- 05910
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Communications Director 2 is $78,925 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 05910.
- 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 01/29/2016.
What the state says the job is
This is professional public relations work directing the internal and external communications program for a commonwealth agency characterized by significant public visibility and sensitivity to program activities. An employee in this job is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing internal and external communications, including media relations, public information, digital communications, and promotional/marketing functions in state agencies having a high degree of public visibility and complex and sensitive liaison involvements with public or private entities, other state agencies, and branches of government.
Examples of the work
Plans, organizes, directs, and coordinates a departmental public relations program, including media relations, public information, digital communications, and promotional/marketing functions. Develops long and short term communications plans and messaging goals and strategies. Serves as media consultant and principal advisor to the Secretary on communications and public relations matters, including the public relations implications of agency programs and policies. Analyzes and evaluates the public relations impact of proposed or existing agency programs and policies and provides input to the Secretary and other officials in the formulation or modification of programs or policies.
Minimum qualifications
Five years of professional experience in the field of public relations, including three years in a responsible administrative or supervisory capacity; and a bachelor's degree with major course work in journalism, communications, English, or a closely related field; or An equivalent combination of experience and training
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.