Retirement Communications Manager, PSERS pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 09540
- Class code
- 09540
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Retirement Communications Manager, PSERS is $78,925 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 09540.
- 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 01/27/2012.
What the state says the job is
This is responsible administrative and managerial work in directing a member and employer services program in the Public School Employees' Retirement System (PSERS). An employee in this job is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing a variety of services to educate annuitants, members, school district personnel, staff and the public about the programs and services provided by PSERS. Work may involve responsibility for creating communications related to benefit policies and procedures for the agency. An employee in this job also provides leadership in the development and execution of presentations. Supervision is exercised over Regional Office Administrators, Retirement Administrators and professional, administrative and technical staff related to the timely delivery of retirement benefits information.
Examples of the work
Manages a staff of subordinate administrators, supervisors and technical and clerical employees involved in the support of the member services and employer services programs. Directs the preparation of active and retired membership quarterly newsletters and a monthly bulletin to the school districts. Manages the telephone call center operation. Manages PSERS’ field offices to ensure consistency of all individual or group member retirement counseling sessions. Assists in the review and development of policies, operating procedures, and schedules utilized in the member services and employer services programs.
Minimum qualifications
One year as a Retirement Administrator or Regional Office Administrator, PSERS; or Three years of managerial or consultative experience that includes one year of experience in benefit administration, benefit management, benefit counseling or benefit calculation, and one year of professional supervisory experience, and a bachelor's degree; or An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes three years of managerial or consultative experience including one year of experience in benefit administration, benefit management, benefit counseling or benefit calculation, and one year of professional supervisory experience.
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.