Director, Historic Sites and Museums pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 27700
- Class code
- 27700
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- C3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director, Historic Sites and Museums is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 27700.
- 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 06/28/1994.
What the state says the job is
This is responsible administrative and curatorial work at the bureau level functioning as the director of the Bureau of Historic Sites and Museums. The employee in this class is responsible, through subordinate division chiefs, for the planning, development, and direction of all museums, other than the Pennsylvania State Museum, and all historic sites under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth. The employee also develops and interprets policies and procedures, and reviews programs for adequacy and effectiveness. Work may also involve representing the agency before legislative and executive officials, historical societies, museum groups, and the general public.
Examples of the work
Plans, develops, and directs the overall programs for all historic sites under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth. Directs the work of the professional, technical, and administrative staff of all historic sites by assigning and reviewing work, evaluating and reviewing evaluations of employee performance, interpreting labor agreements, resolving complaints or grievances, and insuring the development of staff. Directs and coordinates advisory services in establishing, clarifying, and interpreting history and the historic significance and importance of the sites. Coordinates and approves contracts, purchase orders, sales, and services agreements.
Minimum qualifications
Two years experience as a Museum and Historic Site Administrators 3; or Five years of administrative experience in directing a museum or historic site, supplemented by twenty-four college level credits in museum studies; or Five years of professional museum curatorial experience at the supervisory level; or Any 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.