Forms Layout Specialist 1 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 96580
- Class code
- 96580
- Pay scale group
- ST 03
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Forms Layout Specialist 1 is $36,831 to $54,162 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 96580.
- 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 10/01/1968.
What the state says the job is
This is introductory specialized work in the layout of forms and paste-up pamphlets and similar materials. An employee in this class is responsible for preparing the final layout for forms and paste-up for pamphlets and similar materials. Work involves measuring the layout, fitting and paste-up of copy, and preparing material for duplication. Work includes technical lettering of signs, posters, and flyers. Employees receive work from administrative technical superiors in the form of rough drafts or verbal instructions. Employees work with increasing independence as experience is gained, but closer supervision is received on complex projects.
Examples of the work
PERFORMED: Prepares from detailed instructions the paste-ups for pamphlets and similar materials, letters, reports. Prepares from detailed instructions the layout for signs, posters, new or revised office forms. Uses pen and ink, or pencil to draw in the lines for forms, letters, reports, pamphlets and similar materials. Selects the type font used on forms or pamphlets and similar materials. Operates mechanical lettering devices to prepare headings in large or unusual type. Maintains a file of form masters for reference purposes. Prepares materials for duplication. Performs related work as required.
Minimum qualifications
Two years of clerical experience which must have included six months of forms layout and publication paste-up work; and graduation from high school, 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.