Director, Bureau of Benefits Administration, PSERS pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 09535
- Class code
- 09535
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director, Bureau of Benefits Administration, PSERS is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 09535.
- 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 03/30/2007.
What the state says the job is
This is responsible administrative and managerial work in the overall direction of the Public School Employees’ Retirement System’s (PSERS) Bureau of Benefits Administration. The employee in this job is responsible for directing all administrative phases of a large scale and complex retirement and member services program for Pennsylvania Public School Employees. A significant portion of the work involves developing policy and operational procedures related to the determination and administration of member benefits and services. The work also involves responsibility for strategic and operational planning, the development of recommendations for legislative changes, and the implementation of new or changing program initiatives. Broad supervision is exercised over a large number of managerial, supervisory, professional, and technical personnel.
Examples of the work
Plans, organizes, and directs the work of the Bureau related to the administration of a complex retirement and member services program. Supervises a staff of professional, technical and clerical employees involved in the support of the administration of benefits. Develops strategic and operational plans related to benefits administration, and establishes program goals, objectives and effectiveness measures. Oversees the review, analysis, and implementation of automated systems and setting of departmental systems priorities related to benefits. Directs the analysis and evaluation of program results, effectiveness measures, and improvement initiatives.
Minimum qualifications
One year as a Senior Benefits Manager, PSERS; or One year as a Retirement Communications Manager, PSERS; or Four years of managerial or consultative experience including one year of experience in benefit administration, benefit management, benefit counseling or benefit calculation, and a bachelor's degree; or An equivalent combination of experience and training which includes four years of managerial or consultative experience including one year of experience in benefit administration, benefit management, benefit counseling or benefit calculation.
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.