Human Services Hearings Officer pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 48711
- Class code
- 48711
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Human Services Hearings Officer is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 48711.
- 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 01/01/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is professional, quasi-judicial work in the adjudication of appeals associated with DHS and PDA programs, benefits, and services. An employee in this job conducts and adjudicates quasi-judicial appeal hearings regarding departmental decisions and actions impacting individuals or entities applying for or receiving program services and benefits. Work involves administering oaths, hearing testimony, and reviewing evidence; determining jurisdiction and timeliness; researching and interpreting case law, policies, and regulations and determining their applicability to cases; determining findings of fact; and writing adjudications. Work includes scheduling and conducting pre-hearing conferences, issuing subpoenas, ruling on pre and post hearing motions, and providing guidance and instruction to legal assistants and other support staff.
Examples of the work
• Conducts a variety of quasi-judicial hearings for the adjudication and disposition of single and multi-issue appeals initiated by applicants or current recipients of services or benefits, nursing homes, doctors, other professional agencies, organizations, and practitioners aggrieved by DHS, PDA, Office of State Inspector General, DHS Medical Providers, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and other programs with interagency agreements. • Conducts pre-hearing conferences to define issues prior to a full hearing on the merits.
Minimum qualifications
• One year of experience as an Income Maintenance Casework Supervisor (commonwealth title); or • Three years of professional interviewing, investigative, or legal work experience which includes one year of experience conducting formal reviews of determinations subject to an appeal or adjudication process; and a bachelor's degree; or • Graduation from a school of law accredited by the American Bar Association; 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.