Director, Office of Unemployment Compensation Benefits Policy, L&I pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 06890
- Class code
- 06890
- Pay scale group
- ST 12
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director, Office of Unemployment Compensation Benefits Policy, L&I is $117,282 to $178,231 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 06890.
- 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 12/09/2021.
What the state says the job is
This is highly responsible administrative work directing the development, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of policy, quality assurance, and employer related functions for the administration of unemployment compensation benefits programs. The employee in this job plans, organizes, directs, and coordinates a comprehensive program to provide legally required unemployment compensation (UC) benefits to all eligible individuals. Work involves directing the development, evaluation, and implementation of program policies, plans, and objectives consistent with federal and state legislation, regulations, and priorities. Work includes directing quality assurance and quality control programs. Work also includes serving as the principal advisor to and representative of the Deputy Secretary and Secretary on all aspects of the departmental UC benefits program.
Examples of the work
• Manages strategic planning for the bureau to ensure that staff priorities align with bureau and department missions. • Plans, directs, and coordinates the development, evaluation, communication, and training of policies and procedures for the processing, review, determination, and payment of claims for UC benefits. • Plans, directs, and coordinates quality assurance and quality control activities to assess the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of benefits program functions. • Plans, directs, and coordinates employer services related to the administration of the UC benefits program.
Minimum qualifications
• Seven years of administrative or consultative experience in unemployment compensation programs that includes three years of supervisory experience, 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.