Social Worker Manager pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 40090
- Class code
- 40090
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Social Worker Manager is $78,925 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 40090.
- 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 09/08/2008.
What the state says the job is
This is administrative and professional social work planning and directing the social work program operations at a Commonwealth facility for individuals with mental illness. An employee in this job plans, organizes and directs a comprehensive social work program through subordinate supervisory staff engaged in providing social work, counseling and case management services to patients at a state mental health facility. Work includes reviewing, interpreting and explaining federal, state, Departmental and facility accreditation and certification standards and requirements, and social work legislation, regulations, policies and procedures for facility and external agency staff.
Examples of the work
Plans, organizes and directs social work programs through subordinate supervisory staff who are responsible for ensuring social work, counseling and case management services are provided to patients at a state mental health facility. Interprets federal and state social work legislation and The Joint Commission, Health Care Financing Administration, Health and Human Services, and Medicaid and Medicare certification and accreditation requirements, and Departmental and facility policies and procedures. Directs the planning, development and implementation of in-service social work training activities for facility staff and community agency staff.
Minimum qualifications
One year of experience as a Social Worker Supervisor (Must have been employed in a Commonwealth Social Worker job title on September 8, 2008 with continuous Commonwealth employment); or One year of experience as a Social Worker Supervisor and a master’s degree in social work or social welfare; or Four years of professional social work experience, including one year in a supervisory capacity; and a master’s degree in social work or social welfare.
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.