Residential Services Aide pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 31421
- Class code
- 31421
- Pay scale group
- ST 03
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- N1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Residential Services Aide is $36,831 to $54,162 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 31421.
- 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 10/04/2021.
What the state says the job is
This is non-professional work providing health care services for individuals with intellectual disabilities to improve their daily living functions in a Department of Human Services (DHS) facility. An employee in this job assists individuals residing in a DHS facility in their daily living activities, physical care, self-help activities, and other tasks related to their individualized treatment plans. Work includes providing information to professional level staff regarding individuals' progress toward meeting the goals and objectives of their individualized treatment plans through the completion of documentation. Work may also include assisting individuals with other therapeutic activities under the direction of treatment professionals.
Examples of the work
• Completes formal classroom and on-the-job training. • Assists individuals with housekeeping functions in their living quarters. • Instructs and supports individuals to resolve, through settlements of disagreements, problems associated with group living. • Assists individuals in feeding, dressing, transport, and other daily living activities. • Records individuals’ on-going physical and medical needs and behavioral observations for inclusion in clinical records and treatment plans. • Reports individuals’ behavioral problems to the immediate supervisor and other professional staff. • Instructs and guides individuals to participate in their therapeutic treatment activities.
Minimum qualifications
• Successful completion of the Aide Trainee program (commonwealth title); or • Six months of paid experience in the care, activities, and personal guidance of individuals with intellectual disabilities.
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.