Director, Quality Management Division pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 72073
- Class code
- 72073
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director, Quality Management Division is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 72073.
- 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 10/18/2018.
What the state says the job is
This is managerial and advanced professional work directing the Quality Management Division in the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP). The employee in this job plans and directs quality assurance and laboratory accreditation functions for the Bureau of Forensic Services. Works involves managing, through a Forensic Services Program Manager, the bureau’s quality assurance, proficiency testing, auditing, accreditation, document control, and safety programs. Work includes responsibility for developing, implementing, and monitoring adherence to statewide policies, procedures, and standards that support quality management and accreditation requirements. An important aspect of the work involves working closely with bureau staff and national authorities to monitor and maintain compliance with international accreditation of the PSP’s forensic laboratory program.
Examples of the work
• Plans, coordinates, and directs all aspects of the Bureau of Forensic Services’ quality assurance and accreditation programs. • Directs the review, development, revision, and interpretation of policies, procedures, and manuals used in the administration of the laboratory system’s quality assurance and safety programs. • Serves as the statewide quality assurance manager for the bureau’s multi-laboratory system. • Plans and directs an annual audit of each accredited forensic discipline and laboratory location.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as a Forensic Services Program Manager; or • One year as a Forensic Laboratory Manager; or • One year as a Forensic DNA Quality Assurance Program Manager; or • Two years of professional experience in the administration of the quality assurance program for an accredited forensic laboratory, including or supplemented by one year experience in a supervisory capacity, and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biology, forensic science, or a closely related physical or natural science, which includes or is supplemented by 16 college credits in chemistry.
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.