Special Education Advisor pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 20240
- Class code
- 20240
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- C4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Special Education Advisor is $84,264 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 20240.
- 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 12/31/2020.
What the state says the job is
This is professional educational and administrative work in the review and evaluation of special education programs and services for conformance with state and federal requirements; the provision of advisory services in the development, improvement, and expansion of special education plans; and the provision of advisory assistance to state and local educational organizations. An employee in this job is responsible for developing, monitoring, and evaluating programs and plans for exceptional children to ensure consistency with current developments in the field of special education; for adherence to and implementation of state and federal laws and regulations; and for providing advisory services to education agencies related to the State Performance Plan.
Examples of the work
• Provides assistance to local education agencies, intermediate units, charter schools, planning units and other state agencies in the development, monitoring, and evaluation of state and federally funded special education programs for conformance with the state plan and state and federal rules and regulations. • Conducts evaluations and reviews of federally funded programs in a designated area to determine program effectiveness and appropriate use of funds. • Develops and reviews regulations and standards for the establishment and operation of quality special education programs across the state.
Minimum qualifications
• Five years of professional experience in special education including two years as an administrator of a special education program; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training, which includes two years as an administrator of a special education program.
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.