Speech Language and Hearing Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 31520
- Class code
- 31520
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Speech Language and Hearing Specialist is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 31520.
- 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 08/01/1990.
What the state says the job is
This is professional work in the field of speech, language and hearing. An employee in this class provides testing and diagnostic services and plans a treatment program of individual and group therapy for persons with auditory, speech, language and related disabilities at a state operated facility. The employee functions as an independent clinician in diagnosis, treatment, and research in the field of auditory, speech and language disabilities. Work involves the application of principles, methodology, and technical skills employed in the treatment of persons having speech, language, hearing, and related disabilities. Work is performed under the general direction of a professional or administrative supervisor who outlines scope and content of programs and reviews work through conferences and reports.
Examples of the work
Selects and administers tests to measure and evaluate speech, language, hearing, and related disabilities. Determines extent of disability and defines habilitation/rehabilitation objectives on the basis or results of testing devices. Consults with the professional discipline coordinator concerning test results, interview findings, interpretations, and recommendations. Participates as a member of designated interdisciplinary treatment team and provides speech, language, hearing and related disability program plans, goals and objectives for each assigned client/patient. Participates in staff training programs in speech, language and hearing and related disabilities.
Minimum qualifications
Completion of all requirements for a Master's Degree, excluding a thesis, in the field of communicology or a related area, including or supplemented by not less than 24 credit hours in speech pathology and/or audiology earned at either the graduate or undergraduate level. CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT: Possession of a certificate of clinical competence from the Council of Professional Standards of the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association and/or licensure as required by state law or regulation for professional employment in public schools or approved private schools.
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.