Special Assistant for Emergency Management, PEMA pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 76150
- Class code
- 76150
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Special Assistant for Emergency Management, PEMA is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 76150.
- 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 10/03/2013.
What the state says the job is
This is highly responsible staff work serving as a special assistant to the Director of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA). The employee in this job serves as a special assistant to the Director of PEMA, performing specialized high level staff work in assigned administrative and program areas. Work involves advising on and assisting with the establishment of agency goals and objectives; serving as a primary point of contact with program deputies and staff, federal and state level emergency management organizations and local government and public officials; representing the Director at meetings; and preparing reports and written correspondence in response to inquiries and presenting information.
Examples of the work
Performs a wide variety of high level staff work to assist the Director in carrying out the programs of PEMA. Assists the Director in establishing and directing the implementation of agency goals and objectives. Provides oversight to program deputies in assigned program areas. Reviews policy and program proposals with program deputies to determine acceptability, avoid duplication and assure compatibility and compliance with agency goals and objectives. Maintains liaison with agency program staff and with federal, state and local government officials. Identifies problems and issues in program operations and recommends appropriate action to the Director.
Minimum qualifications
Five years of professional administrative or consultative experience, and a bachelor's degree in political science or public administration, or a related field; or An 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.