Curatorial Services Administrator pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 26430
- Class code
- 26430
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- C3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Curatorial Services Administrator is $78,925 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 26430.
- 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 06/17/2002.
What the state says the job is
This is managerial work involving curatorial responsibility for the collections of the Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). An employee in this class plans and directs the work of supervisory, professional, technical, and clerical employees engaged in curatorial activities for The State Museum or for the field sites of the Bureau of Historic Sites and Museums. Responsibilities include directing collection management programs for the PHMC and the registration program for the Conservation Center in the Bureau of Historic Sites and Museums. Work involves developing and implementing the long-range exhibit programs and overseeing the acquisition and deaccessioning of collection objects by organizing and coordinating programs with other public and private agencies, institutions, or individuals.
Examples of the work
Develops the efficiency and skill of subordinate supervisors through individual and group conferences. Plans and directs the collection program with interested public and private groups and individuals to locate, investigate, accession, preserve, and exhibit artifacts or other objects of interest and/or significance in the assigned field(s). Plans, directs, and participates in research, publication of results, and dissemination of information to the public pertaining to the collection program. Manages and directs curatorial work such as accessioning, cataloging, storing, and preserving the collections. Plans and oversees the exhibition program.
Minimum qualifications
Two years as a Museum Curator Supervisor in the area of Archeology, Earth Sciences, History or Natural Science; or Four years of supervisory or managerial curatorial work in any one or more of the fields of History of Decorative Arts, History of Fine Arts, History, or History of Science, Industry and Technology; and a Master's Degree in American History or related concentration, including or supplemented by either a museum studies course or internship at the graduate level.
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.