Criminal Tax Investigator 1 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 70850
- Class code
- 70850
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- G4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Criminal Tax Investigator 1 is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 70850.
- 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 06/01/1989.
What the state says the job is
This is journeyman level criminal tax investigation work in the Department of Revenue involving the identification, investigation, and prosecution of violators of Commonwealth tax laws and regulations. An employee in this class travels to conduct routine investigations of alleged or suspected criminal tax violations involving evasion, failure to file, failure to pay, and other criminal violations by individuals, businesses, and corporations. Work includes examining and analyzing financial books and records of accounting systems of moderate size businesses, using direct and indirect accounting methods to determine tax liability. Employees conduct financial audits to determine whether companies' financial data and documents are in compliance with tax laws and regulations.
Examples of the work
Conducts detailed investigations to uncover evidence and gather information regarding criminal tax violations by businesses, individuals, partnerships, and corporations. Procures and examines private and public records such as deeds, contracts, bank statements, ledgers, financial statements, profit and loss statements and other financial records to determine sources of assets, method of operations and involvement in criminal tax violations. Collects, evaluates, develops and prepares evidence for orderly presentations. Conducts surveillances of taxpayers and others. Seeks out, contacts and manages informants to obtain information.
Minimum qualifications
A bachelor's degree including or supplemented by 18 credits in accounting. Professional financial auditing experience involving the testing of books and records of commercial establishments to determine accuracy of balance sheets and operating statements may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis. Graduate level education and auditing experience may not be substituted for the 18 credit hours in accounting. or Any equivalent combination of experience and training which includes 18 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.