Deputy Director, Medical Services pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 33302
- Class code
- 33302
- Pay scale group
- DR 05
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- T3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Deputy Director, Medical Services is $203,854 to $302,280 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 33302.
- 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 04/25/2022.
What the state says the job is
This is professional and administrative work directing the medical evaluation of disability claims for the Bureau of Disability Determination (BDD) in the Department of Labor and Industry. The employee in this job manages a team of medical staff who oversee the evaluation of medical aspects in disability claims. Work involves supervising Disability Physician Administrators who develop, implement, and evaluate internal policies and procedures consistent with Social Security Administration (SSA) policy and guidelines. Work includes developing strategic plans for hiring and retention and identifying best practices for managing SSA determined federal workloads. Work also includes providing subject matter expertise to the SSA approved third party vendor and on claims involving complex or unusual medical issues.
Examples of the work
• Supervises the activities of Disability Physician Administrators who structure and lead teams of medical consultants to complete the medical evaluation of disability claims in an accurate, prompt, and cost effective manner. • Develops short and long-term strategic planning for hiring and retention; implements new medical consultant job performance standards, including accuracy, productivity, and timely completion of claim assignments; and monitors progress. • Identifies best practices for managing SSA determined federal workloads and initiates internal and external quality assurance audits to manage budgets and ensure compliance with both federal and state policy requirements.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as a Disability Physician Administrator (commonwealth title); or • Five years of post-residency experience in the medical specialty or subspecialty practiced.
Special requirements
• Possession of an active unrestricted or active retired license to practice medicine in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as issued by the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine or the Pennsylvania State Board of Osteopathic Medicine.
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 DR schedule.