Director, Bureau of Hearings and Appeals, DHS pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 48860
- Class code
- 48860
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director, Bureau of Hearings and Appeals, DHS is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 48860.
- 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 03/01/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is highly responsible professional and administrative work directing the operations and adjudications of the Hearings and Appeals program for the Department of Human Services (DHS) and Pennsylvania Department of Aging (PDA). The employee in this job plans and directs the statewide administration of hearings for appeals associated with DHS and PDA decisions and actions impacting individuals or entities applying for or receiving program services. Work involves developing policies, procedures, and guidelines for conducting appeal hearings; directing the implementation of new or revised policies and procedures; reviewing case records and appeals determinations; and serving as the “Official in Charge” to ensure Final Administrative Action Orders are complete, accurate, and timely.
Examples of the work
• Directs the development and implementation of administrative and judicial policies, procedures, and guidelines to provide fair and equitable treatment of aggrieved employees, clients, program applicants, and service providers in DHS and PDA. • Reviews case findings and documents, and revises final orders based on laws, regulations, policies, and procedures. • Presides as an Administrative Law Judge at hearings, conducts legal research, and writes final adjudications. • Provides formal and informal training to technical and non-technical staff concerning the rules, regulations, policies, and procedures affecting the adjudicatory process for issues within the jurisdiction of the bureau.
Minimum qualifications
• One year of experience as a Human Services Hearings and Appeals Manager (commonwealth title); or • Seven years of professional interviewing, investigative, or legal work experience which includes two years of professional supervisory experience and graduation from an accredited school of law; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training which includes two years of supervisory experience in a legal office.
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.