Revenue Tax Auditor pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 03900
- Class code
- 03900
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Revenue Tax Auditor is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 03900.
- 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 12/15/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is professional work auditing individuals and business entities to determine taxpayer compliance with Commonwealth of Pennsylvania tax laws and regulations in the Department of Revenue. An employee in this job independently conducts comprehensive external tax audits of individuals and businesses to determine taxpayer liability. Work involves researching taxpayers’ business activities; conducting on-site audit visits; examining and analyzing a variety of tax returns, financial books, and records to ensure compliance with tax laws and regulations; and determining tax liability. Work includes preparing comprehensive written analytical reports that describe the nature of the audit, the audit findings, the determination of liability and imposition of assessment, and the basis on which the determination was established.
Examples of the work
• Conducts comprehensive, external intrastate and interstate audits of individuals and businesses, which may include multifaceted, multi-plant corporations. • Determines compliance with personal income, employer withholding, corporation, sales and use, liquid fuels, cigarette, and malt beverage tax laws, the International Fuel Tax Agreement, and any other taxes administered by the department. • Reviews and analyzes accounting books, ledgers, tax returns, payroll and financial records, manufacturing processes, oil and gas refinery processes, and product manufacturing and distribution to evaluate the tax implications of transactions or business activities.
Minimum qualifications
• Successful completion of the Revenue Tax Auditor Trainee program (Commonwealth title); or • One year of professional accounting or auditing experience and a bachelor’s degree including or supplemented by 15 college credits in accounting, tax, or auditing; or • Eligibility to sit for the Certified Public Accountant examination.
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.