Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Manager pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 48795
- Class code
- 48795
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Manager is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 48795.
- 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 10/22/1997.
What the state says the job is
This is responsible administrative and professional work in the development and implementation of program policies and regulations and the review, analysis, and evaluation of the mental health and substance abuse community services delivery system for the office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS). An employee in this class plans, coordinates, and administers the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of managed care mental health and substance abuse health care initiatives to county programs, and monitors and administers the existing Medicaid fee-for-service and program funded service system through the county mental health and drug and alcohol programs within the Western or Eastern Operations Area.
Examples of the work
Participates in the development of policies, procedures, and methods for the statewide implementation and expansion of managed care initiatives for behavioral health services across the Commonwealth through interaction with OMHSAS executive managers and activity on the DPW HealthChoices Policy Board and OMHSAS Managed Care Core Team. Directs staff who coordinate and monitor community mental health and substance abuse services for the Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services in the Western or Eastern Operations Area.
Minimum qualifications
Five years of progressively responsible experience in a human services agency, two of which must have been in the field of mental health or substance abuse services, including three years in a managerial, consultative, or supervisory capacity involving planning and coordinating the development and implementation of human services programs, and a bachelor's degree in business or public administration. A master's degree in business or public administration may be substituted for one year of managerial, consultative, or administrative experience; 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.