Cosmetologist 1 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 95510
- Class code
- 95510
- Pay scale group
- ST 04
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- J1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Cosmetologist 1 is $41,506 to $61,927 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 95510.
- 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 03/29/1993.
What the state says the job is
This is skilled work in the operation of a beauty shop in a state facility. An employee in this class is responsible for operating a beauty shop involving the application of beauty culture techniques to patients/residents. Work also involves performing duties in wards for patients who are unable to come to the shop. General supervision is received from a higher level cosmetologist or barber, or from a nursing supervisor or other medical supervisor, but employees are independently responsible for applying standard trade practices to the work and for adherence to a prescribed work schedule. Work is subject to inspection by the State Board of Cosmetology for conformance to state laws and regulations.
Examples of the work
Works in the hospital/center beauty shop giving facial treatments, shampoos, hair cuts, scalp and hair treatments, permanent waves, relaxers, superfluous hair treatments, manicures, and other beauty treatments. Coordinates appointments for patients/residents cosmetology services consistent with patients/residents health care and programming schedules, and the movement of patients to and from the beauty shop. Visits wards to provide services for patients/residents who are too ill to be taken to the beauty shop. Reports patients/residents scalp conditions that require further medical and/or hygienic monitoring such as head lice, psoriasis, ringworm and others.
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.