Human Resource Director pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 05083
- Class code
- 05083
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Human Resource Director is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 05083.
- 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 03/31/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is highly responsible managerial and consultative human resource (HR) work. An employee in this job is responsible for directing the administration of a full functioning human resource program including employee relations, organization management, talent acquisition, talent development, recruitment, workforce support, safety, work related injury, time administration, and compensation. Work also involves providing strategic and consultative guidance in the evaluation, coordination, and delivery of human resource services to align the organization’s mission with human resources laws, policies, and rules. Work may include managing executive recruitment searches, performing compensation studies, and consulting with and providing human resource guidance to an administrative board or commission. Supervision is exercised over a staff of professional employees.
Examples of the work
• Directs a full functioning human resource program for an agency including human resource work that is operational and developmental in nature. • Collaborates with agency executives and management staff to assess talent planning, recruitment, talent acquisition, organization management, and talent development needs of program areas. • Evaluates, interprets, applies, and implements commonwealth human resource policies, considering agency needs and applicable HR laws and regulations. • Monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of agency HR programs. • Directs investigations for employee relations issues and complaints.
Minimum qualifications
• Two years of experience as a Human Resource Analyst 4 (commonwealth title); or • One year as a Field Human Resource Officer 3 (commonwealth title); or • Five years of professional analytical experience including three years of professional human resource experience, and a bachelor's degree; or • An 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.