Messenger pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 00010
- Class code
- 00010
- Pay scale group
- ST 02
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Messenger is $32,724 to $47,863 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 00010.
- 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 05/01/1977.
What the state says the job is
This is messenger and clerical work involving the delivery and pick up of mail. An employee in this class delivers and picks up mail and related material for offices on a designated assigned route according to a predetermined schedule. Work includes other duties that are mail processing or clerical in nature. Employees perform within a structured work schedule, requiring little need for adaptability to changing situations. Work may include transporting persons between designated points or on regular mail runs. Work may include the operation of a motor vehicle in delivering and picking up mail. Immediate supervision is normally received and work is initially reviewed with close scrutiny until the assigned route is learned.
Examples of the work
Receives, picks up, and delivers mail and related material on a regularly assigned route and special assignments. Performs delivery and pick up mail services according to an established schedule by working out of a central mail room or an administrative office. Picks up and mails envelopes and packages at the U.S. Post Office. Lifts packages (approximately 1 to 50 lbs.) to and from mail carts, tables, and shelves, and carries them to appropriate office locations, loading docks, or motor vehicles.
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.