Fiscal Technician pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 00720
- Class code
- 00720
- Pay scale group
- ST 05
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Fiscal Technician is $46,827 to $70,592 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 00720.
- 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 06/01/1975.
What the state says the job is
This is advanced clerical-accounting work involving the application of bookkeeping principles and practices. An employee in this class performs advanced bookkeeping duties in recording, reviewing, processing, and controlling financial records and documents. Work involves examination of a variety of financial records and documents for propriety, quality, and conformance to established accounting procedures and maintenance of difficult bookkeeping systems. Work frequently involves responsibility for the establishment and review of internal processing procedures. Work is performed independently within a framework of prescribed accounting procedures and regulations. Fiscal and accounting problems and irregularities are referred to a professional fiscal officer or accountant who reviews work periodically and upon completion for overall standards of performance.
Examples of the work
PERFORMED: Reviews, posts, and processes a variety of financial, payroll or audit documents. Posts data to general ledger accounts from subsidiary reports and papers; takes trial balance and prepares financial reports. Performs the duties of head cashier involving the receipt of considerable volume of money over the counter and through the mail. Assists taxpayers in filing tax returns; audits tax returns and prepares reports to facilitate the collection of delinquent taxes. Analyzes forms, correspondence, audit and investigation reports, and other fiscal records to determine completeness, accuracy of information, and compliance with rules and regulations.
Minimum qualifications
One year as a Fiscal Assistant; or Three years of work involving the maintenance of fiscal or financial records, including one year of responsible work which involves the application of accounting or fiscal principles and practices; and graduation from high school; or One year of experience in maintaining and reviewing fiscal records and an Associate degree in accounting or business administration; 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.