Human Services Policy Research and Evaluation Consultant pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 48798
- Class code
- 48798
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Human Services Policy Research and Evaluation Consultant is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 48798.
- 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 06/01/1989.
What the state says the job is
This is advanced professional and analytical work of a quantitative and qualitative nature in the area of human services involving research, forecasting, demonstration, planning, and policy and program development, analysis and evaluation. An employee in this class conducts complex analytical projects in the Office of Policy, Evaluation and Development of the Department of Public Welfare which require the application of innovative methodologies and programming for the delivery and administration of human services. Work involves developing policy recommendations, procedures, programming plans, and performance monitoring systems for the Secretary of Public Welfare, deputy secretaries and other departmental executive staff to ensure the efficient and effective management of Department of Public Welfare programs and services.
Examples of the work
Analyzes, interprets and monitors new or proposed federal and state policy and budgetary initiatives to anticipate consequences and effects upon the comprehensive departmental programs; identifies and recommends initiating special studies or research and evaluation projects to identify and develop recommendations for executive decisions regarding changes in departmental policies, goals, objectives and program operations for compliance. Analyzes and disseminates selected departmental data and information in order to inform the department managers and others about departmental programs and services, and to provide objective information about policy and program performance.
Minimum qualifications
Four years of professional level experience in the fields of human services or health including experience in planning, analysis, research and demonstration, two years of which were in a consultative, supervisory, or administrative capacity; and a bachelor's degree that included or was supplemented by six [6] credits in quantitative analysis, research methods, advanced statistics or related coursework above the introductory level.
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.