Realty Transfer Tax Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 03801
- Class code
- 03801
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- G1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Realty Transfer Tax Specialist is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 03801.
- 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 07/15/1995.
What the state says the job is
This is specialized tax discovery work associated with Realty Transfer Tax including complex examination, collection and investigation to identify taxpayers suspected of non-compliance or evasion of Realty Transfer Tax and to ensure compliance with the Realty Transfer Tax Act in the Department of Revenue. An employee in this class is responsible for reviewing and analyzing deeds, leases, wills, trusts, statements of value, declarations of acquisition, corporation tax reports, appraisal reports, purchase agreements and other associated documents to determine Realty Transfer Tax liability. Work includes reviewing documents related to realty transfer; examining sales agreements, construction contracts, mortgage documents, leases, deeds and other public and private business records.
Examples of the work
Reviews and analyzes Realty Transfer Tax transactions, deeds, leases, statements of value, wills, trusts, declarations of acquisition, corporation tax reports, appraisal reports, purchase agreements and other real estate related documents to determine if taxes were properly reported and remitted and if a tax liability exists. Examines sales agreements, construction contracts, mortgage documents, leases, deeds and other public and private business records to detect improper exclusion of contracted-for improvements as taxable consideration for property value.
Minimum qualifications
Two years of experience performing complex work in the review and examination of tax documents, applying the tax laws, rules and regulations and making tax liability decisions. or Any 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.