Director, Drug Surveillance and Misuse Prevention Office pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 34643
- Class code
- 34643
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director, Drug Surveillance and Misuse Prevention Office is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 34643.
- 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 11/12/2021.
What the state says the job is
This is highly responsible managerial and policy work directing the Drug Surveillance and Misuse Prevention Office in the Department of Health. The employee in this job serves as the principal program and policy advisor to executive level decision-makers in the department and the commonwealth on the design, development, and implementation of a statewide prescription drug surveillance and prevention program for controlled substances. Work involves formulating policy and providing policy direction for the monitoring of all controlled prescription drugs prescribed and dispensed in the commonwealth; coordinating the implementation of policies and procedures in accordance with state and federal guidelines; planning and directing program activities; linking statewide activities with national, regional, and local policies and initiatives focused on reducing prescription drug abuse; evaluating e ...
Examples of the work
• Develops and implements policies and procedures to track, evaluate, and reduce prescription drug abuse in the commonwealth. • Serves as the Secretary of Health’s designee on the Achieving Better Care by Monitoring All Prescriptions Program (ABC-MAP) Board by serving as its chairperson. • Serves as a liaison with department staff, advisory boards, state and local agencies, and associations statewide to coordinate, develop, and implement measures to track, evaluate, and reduce prescription drug abuse in the commonwealth. • Directs and coordinates the monitoring of all controlled prescription drugs that are prescribed and dispensed in the commonwealth.
Minimum qualifications
• Six years of professional public health, health, or drug and alcohol program experience including four years of experience in planning and coordinating the development and implementation of public health, health, or drug and alcohol programs and policies, and a master’s degree in public health, health, or a related field; 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.