State Workers' Insurance Fund Claims Services Division Chief pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 70356
- Class code
- 70356
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for State Workers' Insurance Fund Claims Services Division Chief is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 70356.
- 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 12/05/2014.
What the state says the job is
This is professional administrative work directing the claims activities of the State Workers’ Insurance Fund (SWIF). The employee in this job is responsible for planning and directing the claims examination, investigation, payment, and settlement programs of SWIF, and planning and directing the managed care and district office training programs. Work includes directing the reserve program to determine the amount of reserve funds required for claims; directing a commutation program to settle claims; directing SWIF’s managed care program to establish commonwealth-wide standards for the utilization of managed care services; directing the investigation program to determine liability for claims; and establishing training programs for district office personnel as well as for policyholders on Workers’ Compensation matters.
Examples of the work
Plans and directs the payment of federal and Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation claims. Directs the determination of reserve funds required to provide claims coverage and the settlement of claims. Develops and implements operational policies and procedures for the investigation and processing of claims and the determination of liability. Develops and enhances reporting tools to monitor the effectiveness of operations in the field. Reviews and analyzes complex claims or claims with sudden shifts of liability. Conducts meetings with staff and various state and federal representatives to resolve complaints and eliminate program barriers.
Minimum qualifications
Six years of professional program planning and analysis experience in the field of occupational compensation, liability insurance, or casualty insurance that includes two years of experience supervising the administration of Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation, liability insurance, or casualty insurance claims; or An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes two years of experience supervising the administration of Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation, liability insurance, or casualty insurance claims.
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.