Retirement Technician Supervisor pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 09553
- Class code
- 09553
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A2
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Retirement Technician Supervisor is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 09553.
- 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 02/24/2006.
What the state says the job is
This is technical and supervisory work overseeing the processes related to the calculation of retirement accounts or the communication of comprehensive benefits information to active and annuitant members within the State Employees' Retirement System, the Public School Employees' Retirement System, and the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System. An employee in this job supervises Retirement Technicians and Trainees involved in determining retirement benefit payments, processing retirement applications, and maintaining retirement accounts; or communicating benefits information to members, reporting units, agency personnel offices, external organizations and legislators.
Examples of the work
Performs technical and supervisory duties in the communication of comprehensive benefits information to active and annuitant members or in the processing of individual retirement applications, benefit payments, and maintenance of retirement accounts. Provides guidance to technical staff in the interpretation and communication of the provisions of the Retirement Code, rules, regulations, and legal opinions as they apply to benefit payments and member accounts. Analyzes statistical information to identify necessary system and technology changes. Monitors and analyzes current work flows and procedures and recommends and implements changes as necessary.
Minimum qualifications
One year of experience as a Retirement Technician; or An Associate Degree and one year of technical experience in a pension system or related occupational area applying mathematical formulas and principles; or Three years of experience in technical work in a pension system or related occupational area, which includes two years of experience applying mathematical formulas and principles; or An equivalent combination of education, experience, and training which includes two years of experience applying mathematical formulas and principles in a pension system or related occupational area.
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.