Special Education Manager pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 20260
- Class code
- 20260
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- C3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Special Education Manager is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 20260.
- 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 responsible professional educational, administrative, and managerial work in the development, improvement, and coordination of major special education programs for the Pennsylvania Department of Education. An employee in this job is responsible for planning, directing, and implementing a division level program of special educational services for exceptional persons from infancy to age 21. Work involves directing, coordinating, and supervising the administration of procedural safeguards and compliance monitoring; developing and administrating diverse federal programs and special resource projects; reviewing and approving district and intermediate unit plans; or monitoring special education programs for conformance with state and federal requirements.
Examples of the work
• Directs employees working in a major segment of the commonwealth’s special education program. • Develops, promotes, and coordinates quality educational programs for students with special needs due to physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. • Plans, approves, and provides leadership in the development of new programs and the extension of existing programs for the education of the exceptional child. • Plans and directs the development of programs related to the educational adjustment of exceptional children in the educational environment.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as a Special Education Advisor (commonwealth title); or • Six years of professional experience in the field of special education, which includes three years of experience in a supervisory or administrative capacity; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training, which includes three years of supervisory or administrative experience in special education.
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.