Insurance Department Hearing Examiner pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 07290
- Class code
- 07290
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Insurance Department Hearing Examiner is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 07290.
- 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 09/01/1986.
What the state says the job is
This is quasi-judicial work in adjudicating formal legal appeals in the Insurance Department's Administrative Hearings Office. Employees in this class are responsible for conducting administrative hearings, regarding appeals involving rate regulatory matters, agent and company disciplinary matters, policy form disapprovals, department interpretation and enforcement of insurance laws and regulations, workers' compensation classifications, company stock acquisitions, liquidation and solvency matters, consumer complaints, insurance agency terminations; and appeals from actions by the Commissioner's staff. Work involves scheduling hearings, deciding preliminary matters, holding pre-hearing conferences, and preparing adjudications. An important aspect of the work is assuring fair, prompt and authoritative decisions consistent with Insurance Department laws, rules and regulations.
Examples of the work
Conducts quasi-judicial administrative hearings involving appeals in rate regulatory matters, agent and company disciplinary matters, policy form disapprovals, department interpretation and enforcement of insurance laws and regulations, workers' compensation classifications, company stock acquisitions, liquidation and solvency matters, consumer complaints, insurance agency terminations; and appeals from actions by the Commissioner's staff. Presides as hearing officer at hearings, hears testimony, and rules on testimony and evidentiary points.
Minimum qualifications
Three years of experience in the practice of law.
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.