Director, Bureau of Employee Benefits pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 05062
- Class code
- 05062
- Pay scale group
- ST 12
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director, Bureau of Employee Benefits is $117,282 to $178,231 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 05062.
- 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 07/01/2017.
What the state says the job is
This is highly responsible managerial and professional work directing the Bureau of Employee Benefits in the Office of Administration (OA). The employee in this job directs the development and administration of commonwealth health benefits, group life insurance, optional insurance benefits, and the State Employee Combined Appeal program. Work involves developing program goals, objectives, and priorities to ensure that benefit programs are developed and administered to meet the needs of employees and annuitants. Important aspects of the work involve assisting the Bureau of Employee Relations in labor negotiations and collective bargaining strategies for assigned program areas, and advising the Director, Employee Relations and Workforce Support on programmatic issues.
Examples of the work
• Directs the development and implementation of employee benefits policy and programs. • Advises the Director, Employee Relations and Workforce Support Office on employee benefits program policy issues. • Provides detailed analyses on benefits issues to members of the Pennsylvania Employee Benefits Trust Fund and staff involved in contract negotiations. • Oversees the administration of the commonwealth’s health benefits, group life insurance, and family care account programs. • Directs the preparation of cost projections for current or proposed benefits programs. • Directs the development and administration of the commonwealth’s various employee-related benefits programs.
Minimum qualifications
• Seven years of professional human resources experience, that includes three years in a supervisory capacity directing an employee benefits program, and a bachelor's degree; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes three years of professional human resource management supervisory experience directing an employee benefits program.
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.