Staff Physician, Intellectual Disabilities pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 37300
- Class code
- 37300
- Pay scale group
- DR 03
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- T4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Staff Physician, Intellectual Disabilities is $187,913 to $235,854 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 37300.
- 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 04/06/2015.
What the state says the job is
This is professional work in the medical care and treatment of individuals with intellectual disabilities. An employee in this job serves as a primary care medical practitioner and is responsible for the continuity of health care to assigned individuals with intellectual disabilities. Work involves the responsibility for the continuity of health care and the provision of guidance to interdisciplinary team members in formulating and implementing individual habilitative care and treatment plans. An employee in this job may oversee clinical operations and assign and direct the work of professional and non-professional nursing staff. Work is performed with limited supervision and is reviewed by a clinical or administrative supervisor through consultations, reports, and evaluations of results.
Examples of the work
Provides medical care, treatment, guidance, and counseling to individuals with intellectual disabilities. Obtains or reviews individuals’ medical histories, completes medical documentation in accordance with professional standards, and prepares case histories documenting medical care and treatment. Performs physical examinations, confirms illness and injuries, and prescribes and administers medications and medical treatment. Orders and interprets diagnostic tests and techniques to aid in diagnosis of illness and injuries. Confers with individuals, relatives or guardians, consulting physicians, nurses, and interdisciplinary teams on medical care and treatment.
Minimum qualifications
Three years of post-residency experience in the practice of medicine, including oneyear which involved a direct primary care caseload.
Special requirements
All positions require possession of an active license to practice medicine inPennsylvania issued by the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine or PennsylvaniaState Board of Osteopathic Medicine. All employees must obtain an active registration to prescribe medication from the U.S.
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 DR schedule.