Small Business Ombudsman, DEP pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 28595
- Class code
- 28595
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Small Business Ombudsman, DEP is $78,925 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 28595.
- 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 12/18/2025.
What the state says the job is
This is professional administrative work directing the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) small business assistance, advocacy, and outreach activities. The employee in this job serves as DEP’s small business ombudsman and as the primary confidential point of contact for small business owners and operators (businesses with 100 or fewer employees), providing consultation on regulatory compliance, pollution prevention, and environmental management systems. Work involves developing and implementing policies, procedures, and initiatives that support small business interests related to environmental regulations and pollution prevention, and developing and implementing economic development policies and initiatives that encourage strategic environmental management techniques.
Examples of the work
• Develops objectives, policies, and action plans for small business assistance programs, and recommends department-wide policy changes affecting the small business community. • Reviews proposed legislation and regulatory initiatives to assess and communicate impacts on the small business community. • Conducts confidential reviews of complaints from small business owners regarding the application of environmental regulations, policies, and procedures by agency programs. • Provides advocacy, mediation services, and compliance assistance to small businesses in coordination with the Bureau of Air Quality and the Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee.
Minimum qualifications
• Five years of professional business management experience that includes two years in a small business operation; and a bachelor's degree in business administration, business management, management science, marketing, public administration, management information systems, or a closely related field; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes two years of professional business management experience in a small business operation.
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.