Director, Bureau of Employee Relations pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 05990
- Class code
- 05990
- 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 Relations is $117,282 to $178,231 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 05990.
- 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 Relations in the Office of Administration (OA). The employee in this job is responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating enterprise-wide employee relations programs and activities. Work involves directing and coordinating the activities of a professional staff engaged in the analysis of union demands, planning the course and strategy of negotiations and arbitrations, the negotiation of all labor agreements and memoranda, the investigation and resolution of fourth step grievances, and the provision of official interpretation of labor agreements. Work includes directing the representation of the commonwealth in regulatory processes before the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board, and in court litigation and related legal activities involving labor relations matters.
Examples of the work
• Plans and directs all employee relations activities for the commonwealth, including labor negotiations, arbitration, grievance administration, contract interpretation, and litigation, as the employer under the Public Employee Relations Act of 1970 for agencies under the Governor's jurisdiction and under the Policemen's and Firemen's Collective Bargaining Act of 1968. • Directs the negotiation of labor agreements and memoranda of understanding with representatives of certified bargaining units consistent with the Administration's management and budgetary requirements and goals.
Minimum qualifications
• Seven years of professional human resources experience that includes three years in a supervisory capacity directing an employee relations services program, and a bachelor's degree; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes three years of professional human resource management experience directing an employee relations 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.