Museum and Historic Site Administrator 3 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 27690
- Class code
- 27690
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- C3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Museum and Historic Site Administrator 3 is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 27690.
- 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 administrative work directing the total operations of all historic sites and museums in an assigned region within the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. An employee in this job directs and manages, through subordinate administrators and professional staff, historic site and museum operations and activities for one of two statewide regions. Work involves prioritizing needs and resources for the sites; interpreting program rules, regulations, and policies; and developing operational standards and guidelines. Work also involves directing facility management functions; managing the care and preservation of historic buildings, landscapes, and museum collections; and overseeing site diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA) initiatives.
Examples of the work
• Oversees facility management functions including budgeting; publicity and public relations; fund and grant development; volunteer and support group development; educational, community, and historic program development; interpretation development; contract and fiscal administration; and safety, maintenance, and security functions. • Supervises and directs the work of lower-level Museum and Historic Site Administrators in one of two statewide regions. • Serves as lead planner, overseeing the development of strategic, interpretive, preservation, and other operational and development plans. • Develops operational standards and guidelines for sites and museums.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as a Museum and Historic Site Administrator 2 (commonwealth title); or • Five 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.