Income Maintenance Caseworker pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 44720
- Class code
- 44720
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Income Maintenance Caseworker is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 44720.
- 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 professional work assessing clients' social services and employment needs, determining client eligibility for Income Maintenance Program services and making appropriate referrals for services. An employee in this class performs a variety of professional duties in the determination of eligibility for financial assistance and related income maintenance program services. Eligibility determination work involves interviewing clients in the office and in the field and investigating resources to secure, evaluate and interpret data essential to making a decision on eligibility. Employees assess clients' social service and employment needs, and provide clients or their families with information on community resources for social and employment services. Work is distinguished from that of the next lower level by the level of supervision.
Examples of the work
Interviews applicants to determine eligibility for financial assistance and related income maintenance programs, such as, but not limited to, Cash Assistance, Medical Assistance, Food Stamps, Nursing Home Care, and Employment Referrals. Determines eligibility for various categories of assistance based on such factors as income, personal property, real property, legally responsible relatives and employment status. Evaluates special needs of clients; authorizes grants which conform to agency requirements, or makes referrals to other community resources. Redetermines eligibility through periodic review of client situations.
Minimum qualifications
Four years of experience in interviewing or work requiring the analysis and interpretation of data; or A bachelor's degree; 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.