Contract Management Specialist 1 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 03565
- Class code
- 03565
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Contract Management Specialist 1 is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 03565.
- 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 01/26/2018.
What the state says the job is
This is beginning level professional work involving the review, analysis, and application of technical contract standards and policies in the Office of Comptroller Operations, Bureau of Payable Services, Contracts Division. An employee in this job is responsible for analyzing contractual agreements to ensure commodity and service purchase orders or invoices are processed within appropriate regulations. Work involves an in-depth analysis of procurement, grant, memoranda of understanding, interagency agreements, and other commitment documents to determine if funds are being utilized in accordance with published directives, appropriated funding purposes, and sound contract administration practices.
Examples of the work
• Reviews and interprets contract language to determine appropriateness of procurement documents for continued processing. • Analyzes and approves or rejects stand-alone or contract related purchase orders for commodities and services in accordance with procedures and policies. • Analyzes and takes appropriate action on liquidation requests to reduce or close out an encumbrance or to notify the agency why a request cannot be processed. • Prepares purchase orders resulting from statewide contracts, supply contracts, small dollar services, or non-encumbered fully executed contracts.
Minimum qualifications
• One year of experience performing contract, bookkeeping, or financial documentation and transactions review work, and a bachelor’s degree in finance, business, accounting, or a closely related field; or • Five years of experience performing contract, bookkeeping, or financial documentation and transactions review work; 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.
Nearby classes in Pennsylvania
Contract Management Specialist 1 in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | $66,951 | $85,138 | $66,951 to $85,138 |
Each state publishes its own range for a classification with this exact title. Duties, grade structures and bargaining units differ between states, so read each class page before comparing.