Program Analyst 4 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 08084
- Class code
- 08084
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Program Analyst 4 is $78,925 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 08084.
- 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 11/25/2015.
What the state says the job is
This is supervisory or managerial work in the analysis and evaluation of agency programs and projects. An employee in this job supervises analysts responsible for performing highly complex or supervisory analytical and evaluative work of agency programs and projects. Work may involve negotiating with agency officials on plans for the analysis and evaluation of agency programs to determine the parameters of the review; developing, leading, and directing enterprise studies; preparing and reviewing program or project budgetary submissions and justifications; reviewing impact analyses; developing performance indicators; providing oversight for research activities; and evaluating the effectiveness of the program or project to ensure goals and objectives are being met.
Examples of the work
• Manages or supervises analysts responsible for analyzing and evaluating agency programs and projects to determine the impact and the extent to which goals and objectives are being met and to recommend improvements. • Discusses preliminary plans with officials and administrators and assists in formulating alternatives. • Analyzes agency program structures and recommends changes. • Supervises the collection and analysis of data pertinent to the evaluation of program effectiveness and improvement; ensures the proper application of financial, statistical, mathematical, or systems methods to analyze data; and coordinates the compilation and organization of the data into written reports.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as a Program Analyst 3; or • Four years of analytical experience, three of which include professional experience in program evaluation and the development of program recommendations, and a bachelor's degree; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training.
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.