Director, the State Museum of Pennsylvania pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 27720
- Class code
- 27720
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- C3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director, the State Museum of Pennsylvania is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 27720.
- 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 05/24/1993.
What the state says the job is
This is responsible administrative and curatorial work at the bureau level functioning as the director of The State Museum of Pennsylvania. The employee in this class is responsible, through subordinate division chiefs, for all professional curatorial duties, exhibition management, procedures development, budgeting, publicity, and public relations. Duties also include funds and grants development; volunteer and support groups development; the development of educational, community, and historic programs; interpretation development; contract and fiscal administration; safety, maintenance, and security. Work may also involve representing the agency before legislative and executive officials, historical societies, museum groups, and the general public.
Examples of the work
Directs the curatorial functions of accessioning, cataloging, preserving, and utilizing museum collections; and determines the propriety of accessioned items for maintenance in the collection. Directs the interpretation of the collections and the development of exhibits and displays. Encourages and develops support for the museum's programs through work with the Friends' group, volunteers, and other community groups. Fosters the development of educational and informational activities for area residents, regional groups, and state-wide audience. Directs the maintenance and security programs for The State Museum Complex and Archives Building.
Minimum qualifications
Five years of administrative experience in directing a museum or historic site, or Five years of professional museum supervisory curatorial experience; 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.