Senior Benefits Manager, PSERS pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 09530
- Class code
- 09530
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Senior Benefits Manager, PSERS is $78,925 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 09530.
- 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 retirement benefits determination 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 ensure the accurate and timely payment of retirement benefits. Work may involve responsibility for creating benefit policies and procedures for the agency and administering the appeal process, which involves resolving and responding to complex benefit issues and providing testimony as an expert witness on benefits determinations.
Examples of the work
Manages a staff of Retirement Administrators and supervisory, professional and technical employees performing technical work related to the administration of a complex retirement benefits determination program. Plans, monitors, and evaluates staffing requirements, program objectives, effectiveness measures, program changes, and new program requirements. Implements program changes that result from legislative initiatives, Retirement Code changes, and Board policy actions. Participates in the analysis and drafting of position papers on proposed legislative actions, changes to the Retirement Code, policy and regulatory changes, and other issues affecting benefits determination.
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.