Mental Health Services Area Manager, DHS pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 43580
- Class code
- 43580
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Mental Health Services Area Manager, DHS is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 43580.
- 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 04/03/2020.
What the state says the job is
This is professional managerial work directing the monitoring of and consultation to mental health programs and services for the Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS), Department of Human Services (DHS). An employee in this job monitors the delivery of community mental health services within an assigned geographic area of the commonwealth. Work involves providing consultation to local government officials concerning the development, direction, and administrative integration of community mental health services with established program policies and service standards; identifying needs for community mental health services and developing plans to meet those needs; and evaluating overall program achievements within the assigned area.
Examples of the work
• Provides consultation to local county mental health representatives concerning resource allocation, program evaluation, budgeting, and staffing. • Directs the development of programmatic and fiscal plans for community mental health services. • Oversees the implementation of departmental policies and mandated mental health programs and services designed to meet community mental health needs. • Directs comprehensive reviews and audits of the administrative and human services functions of county and community mental health providers.
Minimum qualifications
• Five years of professional experience planning or evaluating mental health program services, including three years of professional supervisory experience, and a bachelor’s degree; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training, which includes three years of professional supervisory experience planning or evaluating mental health program services.
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.