Executive Accounting Specialist Trainee pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 03066
- Class code
- 03066
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Executive Accounting Specialist Trainee is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 03066.
- 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 06/26/2025.
What the state says the job is
This is structured and specialized trainee work serving as entry into enterprise-level professional accounting work to provide a cost effective and uniform system of accounting and financial controls for government funds. An employee in this job participates in a twelve-month structured trainee program designed to develop an understanding of Commonwealth accounting functions and the interrelationships among the Governor’s Office of the Budget, Pennsylvania Treasury Department, the Pennsylvania Department of the Auditor General, other state agencies, the federal government, vendors, recipients, and sub-recipients. Work involves participating in various training and practical assignments to develop knowledge and experience in examining, reconciling, analyzing, interpreting, recording, and reporting financial transactions to ensure consistency and compliance at the enterprise level.
Examples of the work
• Participates in formal, informal, and on-the-job training to develop knowledge of and proficiency in enterprise-level accounting. • Analyzes financial transactions and prepares financial statements and reports for state or federal funds. • Participates in analyzing and projecting financial data within established policies and procedures. • Maintains accounting records and other supporting documentation, posts accounting entries to general ledger accounts, and uses month-end and year-end trial balances to prepare financial reports. • Maintains expenditure and budgetary control accounts and prepares status reports. • Prepares and posts adjustment transactions to correct or close accounts.
Minimum qualifications
• Three years as an Accounting Assistant (Commonwealth title) and completion of 21 college credits in accounting and an additional 3 credits in finance or accounting; or • Two years as a Fiscal Technician (Commonwealth title) and completion of 21 college credits in accounting and an additional 3 credits in finance or accounting; or • A bachelor’s degree including 21 credits in accounting and an additional 3 credits in finance or accounting; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes 21 college credits in accounting and an additional 3 credits in finance or accounting.
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.