Orientation and Mobility Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 44920
- Class code
- 44920
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Orientation and Mobility Specialist is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 44920.
- 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 09/30/2016.
What the state says the job is
This is professional work of a specialized nature in providing orientation and mobility training for persons who are blind or visually impaired. An employee in this job performs specialized work in evaluating needs and providing appropriate orientation and mobility training for persons who are blind or visually impaired. Work includes recommending services which are designed to guide customers in selecting, preparing for, and obtaining a program of services leading to a satisfactory personal and social adjustment to blindness or visual impairment. Work involves evaluating persons who are blind or visually impaired to determine travel requirements and present orientation and mobility skills. Employees plan and prepare a program of instruction for each customer and provide the training required to develop the customer’s ability to travel independently.
Examples of the work
• Conducts thorough evaluations of the physical and intellectual conditions of child, adult, and independent living older customers who are blind or visually impaired as they relate to orientation and mobility, social situations, attitudes and personality traits, and potential for benefiting from proposed services. • Interviews child, adult, and independent living older customers who are blind or visually impaired to determine and assess the orientation and mobility skills they may have that would influence an orientation and mobility program plan.
Minimum qualifications
• Successful completion of the commonwealth’s Orientation and Mobility Intern program; or • A bachelor’s or master’s degree or certificate from an approved college or university program in orientation and mobility that includes a practicum; or • Possession of an active Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist certificate issued by the Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (ACVREP).
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.