Museum and Historic Site Administrator 1 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 27670
- Class code
- 27670
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- C3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Museum and Historic Site Administrator 1 is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 27670.
- 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 01/11/2021.
What the state says the job is
This is professional administrative work directing the total operation of a historic site or museum with a smaller number of full-time staff, smaller-sized museum collection, and fewer associate groups than the average for PHMC facilities. An employee in this job plans, directs, and coordinates facility management functions, including budget and fiscal administration, purchasing, staffing, maintenance, and security for a smaller-sized site. Work involves the development and oversight of museum collections and of historic interpretive programming related to the site, such as tour programs, events and exhibits, and the use of social media and other digital platforms for programming and promotion of the site. Work also involves engaging in fundraising, development activities, and marketing efforts to augment the facility operating budget and fund services.
Examples of the work
• Administers the facility management functions for a smaller-sized museum or historic site, including fiscal administration, initial budget preparation, purchasing, maintenance, and security. • Supervises a smaller staff of museum or site employees and oversees the activities of volunteers and associate group members. • Directs or performs collection management activities, including accessioning, cataloging, preserving, and utilizing the facility collection; evaluating and recommending additions to the collection acquired through donation or purchase; and planning and overseeing construction and installation of appropriate facility exhibits.
Minimum qualifications
• Three years of professional experience managing overall museum operations including two years of experience supervising professional or volunteer museum staff; and a bachelor’s degree in history, American studies, museum studies, or a closely related field; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training which includes two years of experience supervising professional or volunteer museum staff and a bachelor’s degree in history, American studies, museum studies, or a closely related field.
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.