Director, Bureau of Motor Vehicles pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 09660
- Class code
- 09660
- Pay scale group
- ST 12
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director, Bureau of Motor Vehicles is $117,282 to $178,231 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 09660.
- 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 01/29/2016.
What the state says the job is
This is highly responsible administrative work directing all phases of the Department of Transportation’s vehicle registration, titling, safety inspection, and auto emission inspection and control programs. The employee in this job is responsible for providing broad direction and control over all activities of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Work involves responsibility for a large staff comprised of clerical, administrative, and technical support personnel engaged in registering, identifying, and titling all motor vehicles sold, transferred, or brought into the commonwealth, and the collection and deposit of revenues generated by those activities for the Motor License Fund and the tax on the sale of new and used vehicles in the General Fund.
Examples of the work
Organizes, directs, coordinates, and controls all activities of the Department of Transportation's vehicle registration, titling, safety inspection, and emissions inspections programs. Assigns work to subordinates in the form of programs or broad objectives, reviews work for results obtained, and resolves problems effecting bureau operations. Provides guidance and supervision required to accomplish department and administration programs, goals, and objectives. Directs the review of incoming information such as federal regulations or legislative changes and the development of procedural changes to improve program effectiveness.
Minimum qualifications
Eight years of professional administrative experience, which includes five years in a supervisory capacity; and a bachelor’s degree; 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.