Forms Layout Specialist 2 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 96590
- Class code
- 96590
- Pay scale group
- ST 04
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Forms Layout Specialist 2 is $41,506 to $61,927 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 96590.
- 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 specialized work in the layout of forms and paste-up of pamphlets and similar materials. An employee is this class is responsible for preparing the final layout for complex forms and the paste-up for pamphlets and similar materials. Work involves designing the format, measuring the layout, fitting and pasting-up the copy, and preparing the material for duplication. Work includes mechanical or freehand lettering, pasting-up materials for pamphlets and similar materials, laying out signs, posters, or flyers, or preparing graphs or charts from statistical figures. Work may include meeting with program personnel to discuss and determine project objectives, designated project methods, and assure desired results. Employees receive work from an administrative or technical superior, or from program personnel in the form of rough drafts or verbal instructions.
Examples of the work
PERFORMED: Prepares the paste-up for pamphlets and similar materials, graphic charts, letters, and reports. Prepares the layout for posters, signs, and graphic charts. Confers with program personnel to discuss and determine project objectives, designate project methods, and assure desired results. Analyzes copy for effectiveness and prepares final layouts of office forms for departmental use. Conducts limited research for information to be produced in charts or graphic form. Uses pen and ink, or pencil to draw lines for forms, graphic charts, posters, signs, and the outline layout for pamphlets and similar materials.
Minimum qualifications
One year as a Forms Layout Specialist I, or four years progressively responsible clerical experience which must have included one year 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.