Fiscal Policy Manager pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 08166
- Class code
- 08166
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Fiscal Policy Manager is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 08166.
- 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 01/01/1988.
What the state says the job is
This is highly responsible fiscal policy analysis and development work in the Office of the Budget. An employee in this class directs a staff effort to provide a professional evaluation of fiscal policy issues for the Governor or Secretary of the Budget. Work involves meeting with high level executive and administrative personnel to gather information and resolve issues of fiscal policy conflict. The pursuit of program policy solutions may or may not be independent of program management. Employee supervises subordinate analysts responsible for conducting fiscal policy studies of a direct interest to the Governor or the Secretary of the Budget. Work is performed with a considerable amount of independence with freedom to make necessary commitments and decisions. Work is reviewed by an administrative superior through conferences and projects reports.
Examples of the work
Attends high level management meetings with executive and program officials and other Commonwealth executives to identify areas of possible fiscal policy conflict. Designs and assigns policy studies to subordinate policy analysts, and is responsible for overall project results. Supervises and provides policy direction for other policy analysts. Develops a study approach and strategy in response to a significant policy concern of the administration. Identifies those significant fiscal policy issues which results in a high pay back in terms of better administration of state government programs.
Minimum qualifications
Two years as a Fiscal Policy Specialist 3; or Four years of policy analysis and planning, experience; and a Master's Degree in policy analysis and planning, public administration, a specialized discipline relating to a Commonwealth program area, or a closely related field; or Six years of experience in policy analysis and planning or a specialized discipline relating to a Commonwealth program area; and a Bachelor's Degree in policy analysis and planning, public administration, or a closely related field; 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.