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Director, Bureau of Administration, Corrections pay range

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 08250

$117,282 to $178,231 per year$117,282$178,231MINIMUM · MIDPOINT $147,756 · MAXIMUM

Published per year range, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Class code
08250
Pay scale group
ST 12
Pay unit
Year
Bargaining unit
A3
State
Pennsylvania

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 07/20/2020.

What the state says the job is

This is professional and managerial work directing the activities of the Bureau of Administration in the Department of Corrections (DOC). The employee in this job is responsible for planning, coordinating, and managing the department-wide administration of budget and fiscal management operations, procurement and supply activities, and administrative support services. Work involves the formulation and implementation of policies and procedures to manage bureau operations; the development of department goals, objectives, and priorities; and the analysis of the impact of proposed legislation on areas of responsibility. An important aspect of this position is providing recommendations and guidance to senior management regarding budget and rebudget preparations, funding allocations, budget monitoring, and administrative support services solutions.

Examples of the work

• Plans, organizes, and directs the department’s administrative services functions. • Advises the Secretary of Corrections and Deputy Secretary of Administrative Services, Corrections on the efficient and effective allocation, use, and management of the department’s finances, vehicle fleet, supplies, and equipment. • Oversees the department’s budget preparation, implementation, analysis, and control; negotiates the approval and acceptance of the requested budget with the Governor’s Office of the Budget; and presents a defensible budget before the legislature.

Minimum qualifications

• Eight years of professional experience in budget and fiscal management, purchasing and contracting, or a closely related field including three years in a supervisory capacity, and a bachelor’s degree; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes three years of supervisory experience in budget and fiscal management, purchasing and contracting, or a closely related field.

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.

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