Nurse Aide pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 30320
- Class code
- 30320
- Pay scale group
- ST 03
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- N1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Nurse Aide is $36,831 to $54,162 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 30320.
- 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 12/01/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is non-professional nursing work in the care and rehabilitation of individuals. An employee in this job performs non-professional nursing work in the direct care and rehabilitation of individuals residing in state operated facilities, such as a veterans’ home, state restoration center, or state correctional institution. Work involves carrying out the daily routine of individualized care plans; assisting individuals with activities of daily living, personal care needs, and rehabilitative activities; maintaining individuals’ living areas; observing and reporting changes in individuals’ physical condition and behavior; and documenting daily care performed and information obtained in individuals' records. Work includes participating in on-the-job, in-service, and formal training in nursing care procedures to update and maintain non-professional nursing care expertise.
Examples of the work
• Assists individuals in prescribed therapeutic rehabilitative programs intended to improve their social and physical wellbeing. • Assists individuals with activities of daily living and personal care needs, such as bathing, oral hygiene, shaving, hair care, nail care, dressing, walking, exercising, and getting in and out of bed using mechanical lifts or manual lifting techniques. • Demonstrates and teaches individuals how to meet their daily living and personal care needs without assistance, within the limits of their physical capabilities, and in accordance with nursing care plans. • Takes and records individuals’ temperatures, weight, pulse, and respiration rates.
Minimum qualifications
• Active registration as a Nurse Aide in the Pennsylvania Nurse Aide Registry; or • Six months of paid experience in the care and treatment of geriatric or physically ill patients or residents.
Special requirements
• Positions assigned to a long-term or specialized care facility require active registration as a Nurse Aide in the Pennsylvania Nurse Aide Registry.
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.