Executive Director, Council on the Arts pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 26910
- Class code
- 26910
- Pay scale group
- ST 12
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- C3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Executive Director, Council on the Arts is $117,282 to $178,231 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 26910.
- 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 08/01/1982.
What the state says the job is
This is responsible administrative and professional work in the encouragement and development of the arts in the Commonwealth. The employee in this class directs a professional, administrative, and clerical staff engaged in evaluating proposals for grants in aid, assisting potential grantees in developing acceptable proposals, providing technical assistance to arts organizations, advocating adoption of policy and action on grant proposals, providing technical assistance to arts organizations, advocating adoption of technical assistance to arts organizations, advocating adoption of policy and action on grant proposals before Council Members, monitoring the contractual compliance of grantees, evaluating the educational and cultural value and ability of agencies to deliver proposed programs, and internally administering the agency operations.
Examples of the work
Directs the activities of a professional staff performing technical assistance and program evaluation within the visual arts, crafts, theater, literature, music, dance, media arts, and other disciplines to insure the healthy growth and development of the arts in Pennsylvania. Conceives and implements program initiatives to maximize Council's impact on the growth of the arts. Conducts sensitive communications with arts organizations, legislative representatives, program staff of other governmental agencies, national foundations, and grants organizations to develop multi-faceted programs for the advancement of the arts.
Minimum qualifications
A Master's degree in an arts or humanities field, and ten years of experience in the arts including five years in managing arts organizations involving multiple disciplines. 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.