Securities Accountant 2 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 04720
- Class code
- 04720
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Securities Accountant 2 is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 04720.
- 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 12/01/1983.
What the state says the job is
This is journeyman level specialized professional accounting and financial analytical work in the securities registration, licensing and enforcement functions of the Pennsylvania Securities Commission in accordance with Pennsylvania securities laws, regulations, and guidelines. An employee in this class is assigned to perform the principal financial review and analysis of all types of securities registrations or exemption applications pertaining to securities offerings in Pennsylvania.
Examples of the work
Performs the principal financial review and analysis of all financial data and documents associated with securities registration or exemption applications for offerings to be made in the Commonwealth. Determines that the accounting applied in the financial documents contained in Federal coordination securities registration filings, qualification registration filings, application for exemption, post-effective reporting filings, broker-dealer registration applications, investment adviser registration applications, and financial or accounting records incidental with investigations, is in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and standards as established by the Pennsylvania Se ...
Minimum qualifications
One year as a Securities Accountant 1. or Three years of professional public accounting experience; and a bachelor's degree, including or supplemented by twenty-four credit hours in Accounting. or Certification as a Certified Public Accountant and one year of professional public accounting experience beyond that experience required for certification. or One year of professional public accounting experience; and a master's degree in Accounting or Business Administration, including or supplemented by twenty-four credit hours in accounting. or Any equivalent combination of experience and 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.