Facility Guardian Officer pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 40200
- Class code
- 40200
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Facility Guardian Officer is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 40200.
- 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 02/28/2008.
What the state says the job is
This is financial planning work managing clients' funds in the Guardian Office of a state hospital, center for the developmentally disabled, or restoration center. An employee in this job is responsible for serving as legal guardian or representative payee for all clients of the facility where there is no outside appointee, or for those who have authorized the appointment. Work involves fiscal management of accounts, control of investments, administration of record maintenance, fund disbursements, approval of expenditures, and fiscal counseling of clients and families. Employees assess financial status of residents and approve disbursement of funds according to state fiduciary regulations, department policy, legislation, regulations governing benefits, and in accordance with individual needs of residents.
Examples of the work
Acts as representative payee or financial legal guardian for clients where no outside appointee exists and for clients who have approved the representative payee appointment. Assures that clients obtain federal, state, or personal funds to which entitled. Assists benefit issuing agency representatives with eligibility and application procedures for benefits. Completes required documentation to maintain benefit eligibility and supplies information for potential outside representative payees. Assesses financial status of clients and makes decisions related to expenditures on behalf of a client, including method of payment.
Minimum qualifications
Four years of bookkeeping experience and one year of experience in financial planning or management of individual accounts. or Two years of bookkeeping experience and one year of experience in financial planning or management of individual accounts, and an associate’s degree in business administration or accounting; or An equivalent combination of experience and training, which includes one year of financial planning or management of individual accounts.
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.