Director, Bureau of Communicable Diseases pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 34690
- Class code
- 34690
- Pay scale group
- ST 12
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director, Bureau of Communicable Diseases is $117,282 to $178,231 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 34690.
- 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 02/24/1998.
What the state says the job is
This position is highly responsible administrative work at the Bureau level involving the development and direction of a statewide program in Communicable Diseases in the Department of Health. Work involves directing, through subordinate managerial and professional personnel, the activities of the Divisions of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Immunizations. Work involves recommending, developing, implementing, and coordinating polices, procedures, priorities, and plans for efficient Bureau operation. An important aspect of the work of this position is the responsibility for integrating Bureau programs and priorities with the general programs and priorities of the Department of Health.
Examples of the work
Directs, through management of subordinate professional personnel, the activities of the Divisions of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Immunizations. Recommends, develops, and implements policies, procedures, priorities, and plans for efficient bureau operation. Integrates bureau programs and priorities with the general programs and priorities of the Department of Health. Advises the Deputy Secretary of Public Health Programs, the Secretary of Health and other high-level agency decision-makers on issues relating to the development and administration of the statewide Communicable Diseases program services.
Minimum qualifications
Seven years of experience in the field of health, five years of which must have been administrative, supervisory, or consultative experience; and a Bachelor's Degree in public health, social science, health administration, public administration, business administration, hospital administration, or a field closely allied to health; or Any equivalent combination of experience and training.
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.