Director, Bureau of Budget, DHS pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 08970
- Class code
- 08970
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director, Bureau of Budget, DHS is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 08970.
- 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 02/26/2021.
What the state says the job is
This is highly responsible administrative and budgetary work directing the Bureau of Budget within the Budget Office in the Department of Human Services (DHS). The employee in this job is responsible for directing budgetary, advisory, and consultative services to all DHS program offices and assisting the Fiscal Management Director in planning, organizing, and directing the fiscal management of all departmental programs. Work involves developing and administering sound fiscal procedures; planning and overseeing the development of fiscal controls designed to assist in achieving overall agency program goals; coordinating and overseeing the development and monitoring of the department's budget; and overseeing ongoing budgetary analysis.
Examples of the work
• Assists the Fiscal Management Director and Assistant Fiscal Management Director in developing and implementing fiscal policies pertaining to the establishment and administration of the department's budget. • Coordinates and oversees the preparation, submission, justification, and monitoring of the department's capital and annual operating budgets. • Reviews and develops service packages to ensure effective use of available state, federal, and local funding sources. • Provides technical and consultative support to executive staff during development of budget requests and following review processes.
Minimum qualifications
• Five years of experience in professional fiscal administration, including two years of supervisory experience, and a bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, accounting, or a closely related field; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training which includes two years of professional supervisory experience in fiscal administration.
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.