Economic Development Consultant 3 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 16543
- Class code
- 16543
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Economic Development Consultant 3 is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 16543.
- 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 06/26/2025.
What the state says the job is
This is highly advanced professional consultative work in the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED). An employee in this job independently designs and implements strategies to provide a comprehensive range of community or economic development programs for businesses and manages a portfolio of projects intended to promote economic development or private sector job retention and creation. Work involves overseeing programs or program services intended to foster growth of Pennsylvania’s economy, advance international trade development, generate community development activities, promote foreign investment in Pennsylvania, or develop domestic or international tourism marketing programs.
Examples of the work
• Manages a portfolio of highly complex programs by formulating strategies and proposals for businesses and communities. • Oversees the administration of programs that support community or economic development projects which include the development and enhancement of housing, community infrastructure, downtown renewal, and other social and economic programs. • Directs the relocation or expansion operations in an assigned geographic region in the Commonwealth and evaluates the project validity to determine its impact to Pennsylvania’s economy. • Identifies, qualifies, underwrites, and conducts due diligence on projects to recommend appropriate financial incentive packages for approval.
Minimum qualifications
• One year of experience as an Economic Development Consultant 2 (Commonwealth title); or • Five years of professional experience in community or economic planning and development programs, 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.