Retirement Benefits Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 09555
- Class code
- 09555
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Retirement Benefits Specialist is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 09555.
- 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 09/09/2004.
What the state says the job is
This is specialized professional and technical work in the calculation of benefits for those accounts that are non-routine and manual in the State Employees' (SERS) or Public School Employees' Retirement System (PSERS). An employee in this class performs highly complex non-routine and manual calculations on accounts for the payment of benefits in situations outside of normal processing. Work includes interpreting the provisions of the State Employees' or Public School Employees' Retirement Codes, rules, regulations, board policies, court orders, and legal opinions as they apply to benefit payments. An employee in this class has responsibility for processing annuitant payments and maintenance of actuarial data and member records.
Examples of the work
Calculates highly complex non-routine and manual retirement benefits. Interprets the provisions of the retirement codes of the SERS or PSERS. Calculates retirement benefits for domestic relation orders to determine percentage of marital property allocated to the alternate payee and the benefit amount to be distributed to the member. Responds to attorney and member inquiries relating to benefits processing on divorce issues. Conducts research and prepares summary of chronology for appeal cases scheduled for the executive staff review. Prepares original correspondence and/or verbal responses regarding non-routine questions and issues as they pertain to the SERS or PSERS.
Minimum qualifications
One year as a Retirement Technician; or One year as a Fiscal Technician performing work within a public pension or retirement system or related area, such as a Comptroller's Office; or Two years as a Human Resources Assistant 2 performing work in the areas of benefits or systems processing; or An associate's degree and two years of experience in the processing of benefit payments; or Four years of experience in the processing of benefit accounts or payments within a public pension or retirement system or related area, such as medical insurance or other insurance or pension benefits; or An equivalent combination of experience or 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.
Nearby classes in Pennsylvania
Retirement Benefits Specialist in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | $49,192 | $96,533 | $49,192 to $96,533 |
Each state publishes its own range for a classification with this exact title. Duties, grade structures and bargaining units differ between states, so read each class page before comparing.