Senior Special Investigator OSIG pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 70835
- Class code
- 70835
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- G4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Senior Special Investigator OSIG is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 70835.
- 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 09/01/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is highly advanced professional investigative work in the Office of the State Inspector General (OSIG). An employee in this job performs the full range of investigative assignments, including complex, multifaceted, sensitive, and confidential investigations to detect fraud, waste, misconduct, or abuse in programs, operations, and contracts of commonwealth agencies under the Governor’s jurisdiction. Work involves independently conducting or leading investigations of individuals and alleged misconduct at the highest levels of state government. Work includes reporting problems and deficiencies in commonwealth programs and operations and performing misconduct investigations of staff under the governor’s jurisdiction, including OSIG staff.
Examples of the work
• Plans and leads all phases of assigned investigations, including coordinating the activities of investigators and employees from other state agencies. • Instructs and trains lower-level investigators in the processes, methods, and techniques involved in conducting investigations. • Coordinates and performs surveillance to gather and analyze facts and evidence. • Interviews witnesses, informants, or other parties to an investigation to obtain information concerning allegations. • Uses and instructs investigators in the use of photographic and other technical equipment to gather and document evidence.
Minimum qualifications
• Two years as a Special Investigator 2, OSIG or Special Investigator 2 (commonwealth titles); or • Four years of experience conducting criminal, civil, or administrative investigations, and a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice or a related field; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training.
Special requirements
• All positions require possession of an active motor vehicle license. • All employees must obtain CLEAN/NCIC certification within two months of employment and maintain this certification for the duration of employment in this job.
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.