Director, Bureau of Historic Preservation pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 08560
- Class code
- 08560
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director, Bureau of Historic Preservation is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 08560.
- 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 10/01/1984.
What the state says the job is
This is professional level work in administering the Commonwealth's historic preservation program of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in coordination with the Federal historic preservation program. Work involves administration of Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission preservation activities from an architecturally historic and archeological perspective, and administration of the Federal Historic Preservation Act and applicable Commonwealth historic preservation requirements. The employee in this class is responsible for the development and planning of programs and policies to protect the historic resources of the Commonwealth whether public or private, stimulating public interest and awareness in preservation activities and opportunities, and providing information, developing funding, rendering assistance, and consultation in preservation projects.
Examples of the work
Directs a professional staff in identifying, documenting, certifying, and registering architecturally significant buildings, structures, districts, neighborhoods, and other areas of interest to the historic preservation program of the Commonwealth. Plans and budgets the historic preservation program on an annual basis. Directs and coordinates the activities of the staff to meet annual program goals. Plans and organizes work, assigns work, determines work priority, and reviews work performance of staff supervised. Evaluates employee performance and prepares and signs employee Performance Evaluation Reports. Reviews and signs employee Performance Evaluation Reports as reviewing officer.
Minimum qualifications
A bachelor's degree in architectural history, historic restoration or preservation, archaeology, art history, or a closely related field, and three years of progressively responsible experience in administering historical architectural evaluations, grants, or surveys, or restoration or preservation projects or programs; or A master's degree in architectural history, historic restoration or preservation, archaeology, art history, law with preservation emphasis, or a closely related field and one year of progressively responsible experience in administering historical architectural evaluations, grants, or surveys, or restoration or preservation projects or programs; or Any equivalent combinati ...
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.