Editor 3 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 05780
- Class code
- 05780
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Editor 3 is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 05780.
- 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 highly responsible supervisory and professional editorial management work in the field information and publications. An employee in this class plans, directs, organizes, supervises and participates in the work of a staff engaged in the conceptualization, editing, design, layout, production, and dissemination of the major publications program for an agency. Work involves gathering information, conferring with clients to using the client's ideas as guides. Employees receive general supervision and work is reviewed through conferences and observation of results.
Examples of the work
PERFORMED: Supervises a staff which might include subordinate editors, writers, production coordinators, artists, layout specialists and clerical employees. Serves as the creative force for conceptualizing the content, format and look of all publications, including overseeing decisions about graphic and typography. Leads production teams in conferences with clients to discuss the most effective means to communicate their messages; sees decisions are carried out. Insures that all publication are clear, concise, direct and informative in the their use of language.
Minimum qualifications
One year as an Editor 2; or Three years of experience in editorial work which has included writing, editing, and use of photography and graphics in publication, and a bachelor's degree with major course work in English, journalism or communication; 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.