Employment Security Audit Investigation Trainee pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 06654
- Class code
- 06654
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- G4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Employment Security Audit Investigation Trainee is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 06654.
- 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 05/01/1991.
What the state says the job is
This is training level technical program audit and fraud investigation work in the 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 participate in a formal and on-the-job training program to develop proficiency in the conduct of investigations into suspected cases of fraud or abuse of agency programs and activities by agency employees, clients, claimants, or employers. On-the-job training is provided by experienced audit and investigation specialists to gather documentation and evidence using surveillance equipment to identify and resolve cases of fraud and prepare and give testimony in hearings and court proceedings.
Examples of the work
Participates in formal and on-the-job training to acquire knowledges and skills required for competent performance of investigations into suspected cases of fraud or abuse of the unemployment compensation, employer tax operations, and job service programs and activities in order to obtain evidence and information concerning alleged violations of federal and state laws by employees, employers, clients, and claimants of the agency. Accompanies experienced investigators in the field to observe and gain technical experience and skill in investigative techniques and procedures.
Minimum qualifications
One year of experience in the determination of PA unemployment compensation benefits claims including difficult determination, overpayment, and appeals cases; or determining eligibility of applicants for job and training benefits and allowances under PA job service programs; or auditing employer payroll records for compliance with the taxing provisions of the PA Unemployment Compensation Law; 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.