Editor 2 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 05770
- Class code
- 05770
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A5
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Editor 2 is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 05770.
- 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 08/01/1974.
What the state says the job is
This is supervisory and professional editorial and design work in the field of information and publications. An employee in this class participates in and supervises the work of a small staff engaged in information gathering, writing, producing and disseminating a principal periodical publication or a number of small publications in an agency. Work involves conceptualizing, planning, analyzing, determining and, wherever possible, improving the publication content and look by insuring that the material is presented in an interesting and meaningful manner for the audience. Work is carried out independently, however, supervision is received form a supervisor who reviews work through planning conferences and observation of results.
Examples of the work
PERFORMED: Supervises and participates in information gathering, writing producing, and disseminating a principal periodical publication or a number of smaller periodical publications in an agency. Participates in planning the content for each issue with supervisors and high level department administrators and makes assignments for obtaining necessary material and writing stories. Assess and evaluates format, frequency, distribution and effectiveness of publication and production and production system; prepares bid proposals; obtains bids; and supervises preparation of contract for printing.
Minimum qualifications
One year as an Editor 1; or Two years of experience in editorial work which has included writing, editing, and use of photography and graphics in publications, and a bachelor's degree with major course work in English journalism or communications; 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.