Employment Security Audit and Investigation Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 06655
- Class code
- 06655
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- G4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Employment Security Audit and Investigation Specialist is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 06655.
- 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 08/01/1990.
What the state says the job is
This is technical program audit as well as fraud investigation work of job service, unemployment compensation, and employer tax operations programs and activities in the Department of Labor and Industry in order to develop and improve methods, procedures, and controls and to insure compliance with regulations. An employee in this class travels to conduct investigations into suspected cases of fraud or abuse of agency programs and activities by agency employees, clients, claimants, or employers. Employees gather documentation and evidence, which can require the use of surveillance equipment, to identify and resolve cases of fraud and prepare and give testimony in hearings and court proceedings.
Examples of the work
Conducts investigations into suspected cases of fraud or abuse of the unemployment compensation, employer tax operations, and job service programs and activities involving employees, employers, clients, and claimants of the agency. Interviews witnesses and questions suspects to obtain information concerning suspected violations against the Commonwealth. Participates with police and other law enforcement agencies in the investigation and resolutions of fraud cases. Collects, evaluates, and develops evidence and prepares recommendations on presentation of cases to prosecuting officials. Receives complaints and analyzes facts involved to determine the course and scope of an investigation.
Minimum qualifications
One year of experience in the administrative review and evaluation of Pennsylvania unemployment compensation, employer tax operations, and job service programs, including or supplemented by one year of investigative public contact experience in developing and presenting evidence
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.