Director, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services, DOH pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 39439
- Class code
- 39439
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services, DOH is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 39439.
- 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 10/31/2022.
What the state says the job is
This is professional and administrative work developing, implementing, directing, and coordinating a statewide emergency medical services program within the Department of Health (DOH). The employee in this job is responsible for the administration of the commonwealth pre-hospital emergency medical care and delivery system. Work involves developing and implementing policies; providing policy direction to the statewide Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Advisory Council and the Regional EMS Councils; and directing the coordination of area wide emergency medical services systems throughout the state as well as coordinating the commonwealth EMS System with similar systems in neighboring states.
Examples of the work
• Plans, organizes, implements, directs, and coordinates a statewide emergency medical services program which includes developing and implementing policies, rules, and regulations; and establishing standards and criteria for emergency medical services systems. • Advises the Secretary of Health and other high level agency decision-makers on issues relating to the development and administration of the statewide emergency medical services program. • Recommends and publicly advocates substantive program policy changes whenever necessary; coordinates the implementation of these policy changes throughout the commonwealth emergency medical services system.
Minimum qualifications
• Five years of professional experience in the areas of planning, development, promotion, or training for a disaster relief, public safety, emergency management, or other emergency medical service program, which includes two years of experience in an administrative or supervisory capacity; and a bachelor's degree in public health, health care administration, emergency medical services, or a closely related field; or • An 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.