Executive Director, Philadelphia County Assistance Office pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 42070
- Class code
- 42070
- Pay scale group
- ST 12
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Executive Director, Philadelphia County Assistance Office is $117,282 to $178,231 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 42070.
- 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 06/02/2005.
What the state says the job is
This is highly responsible professional and administrative work directing the operations of the Philadelphia County Assistance Office (CAO) and participating in the policy and program development activities of the Office of Income Maintenance (OIM). The employee in this job has extensive participation in policy and program development activities with federal, state and community group officials to implement federally and state funded public assistance programs statewide. The employee serves as the Executive Director for the Philadelphia CAO, which encompasses the management and administration of multiple district offices through subordinate Deputy and assistant administrators; and directly participates as a member of OIM’s executive staff in planning, developing and implementing policies and procedures for county assistance office program service delivery operations.
Examples of the work
Directly participates in the analysis of federal and state public assistance program policy initiatives and the development of policies, procedures and methods for implementing public assistance programs. Directly participates in developing policy and program improvement proposals based on the review and analysis of audits, quality control reports, demonstration projects, initiatives in other states, and legislative actions. Represents the Secretary of Welfare and Deputy Secretary for Income Maintenance in discussing department policies and programs with the public and advocacy groups.
Minimum qualifications
One year of experience as an Income Maintenance Administrator 4; or Eight years of professional experience in public or private human services work including six years in a public welfare agency including four years in a managerial capacity in the field of income maintenance; and a bachelor's degree; or An equivalent combination of experience and training which includes six years in a public welfare agency including four years in a managerial capacity in the field of income maintenance.
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.