Public Health Preparedness Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 39432
- Class code
- 39432
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Public Health Preparedness Specialist is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 39432.
- 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 05/31/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is professional and administrative work coordinating and leading public health preparedness and response planning activities in the Department of Health. An employee in this job plans, develops, and leads regional Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) programs to ensure public health capabilities are effectively maintained and ready to be implemented during a natural or man-made disaster. Work involves partnering with county health departments and overseeing all facets of PHEP planning, development, and implementation.
Examples of the work
• Provides technical training, resources, and guidance to build and strengthen PHEP capabilities in responding to public health threats, including infectious diseases, natural disasters, and biological, chemical, nuclear, and radiological events. • Confers with local government agencies and healthcare coalitions and prepares emergency response plans for medical countermeasure deployment.
Minimum qualifications
• Three years of professional experience in planning, developing, evaluating, or operating a public health emergency preparedness, healthcare emergency preparedness, or emergency management program; 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.