Emergency Medical Services Program Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 39430
- Class code
- 39430
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Emergency Medical Services Program Specialist is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 39430.
- 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 12/11/2000.
What the state says the job is
This is professional and administrative work in the field of emergency medical services. An employee in this class plans, develops and coordinates, on a statewide basis, one or more specialized activities such as EMS communications, disaster training and certification of EMS emergency medical services personnel; accrediting training institutes and continuing education sponsors; licensing and inspection of ambulance services, public education and rescue training programs and service recognition processes; accreditation of medical command physicians and facilities; and system quality improvement and evaluation.
Examples of the work
Provides guidance and assistance to regional council staff for the purpose of leading and managing components of the emergency medical services program. Prepares EMS plans for a program or population, such as emergency medical coverage needed in a particular area, resource allocation, quality assurance and integration and coordination with non-EMS age cies' program components. Trains regional EMS staff using technology or traditional methods such as workshops, institutes and seminars to improve quality and evaluates training activities. Prepares written reports to assist in policy-making decisions and makes recommendations regarding changes in programs or systems allocations.
Minimum qualifications
Two years of professional experience planning, developing, evaluating or operating an emergency medical services program, or providing EMS certified training or administering a college EMS training program; and a bachelors degree in health policy and administration, economics, statistics, public or business administration, emergency medicine, nursing or a related medical field; or Three years of professional experience planning, developing, evaluating or operating an emergency medical services programs, or providing EMS certified training or administering a college EMS training program; and an associate degree in health policy and administration, economics, statistics, public or business adm ...
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.