Therapeutic Activities Director pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 31960
- Class code
- 31960
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Therapeutic Activities Director is $78,925 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 31960.
- 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 02/01/2022.
What the state says the job is
This is professional administrative work directing therapeutic activities programs at a state-operated facility. An employee in this job plans, manages, coordinates, integrates, and evaluates therapeutic activities programs for individuals with developmental disabilities. Work involves coordinating all phases of therapeutic activities services with comprehensive treatment and rehabilitative or habilitative processes; developing and implementing program policies and procedures; evaluating program effectiveness; and directing training and development activities for staff. Supervision is exercised over professional and non-professional staff responsible for specialized areas of therapeutic activities services. Work is performed under the general direction of an administrative supervisor and is reviewed through conferences and reports for quality and achievement of established objectives.
Examples of the work
• Directs and supervises professional and non-professional staff providing therapeutic activities services, including therapeutic activities, therapeutic recreation, vocational adjustment, and occupational therapy. • Develops, implements, interprets, and communicates policies and procedures governing the administration of all therapeutic activities services. • Assesses the use of staff, equipment, and physical resources in the therapeutic process to effectively coordinate therapeutic activities for individuals. • Develops, monitors, and reviews programmatic data to improve and adjust therapeutic activities provided to individuals.
Minimum qualifications
• Two years of experience as a Therapeutic Activities Manager (commonwealth title) or Vocational Adjustment Services Manager (commonwealth title); or • Three years of experience as a Therapeutic Activities Supervisor (commonwealth title) or Vocational Adjustment Services Supervisor (commonwealth title); or • Five years of professional experience in providing therapeutic activities, therapeutic recreation, vocational adjustment, occupational therapy, rehabilitation, or habilitation services to individuals, including two years of professional supervisory experience; and a bachelor’s degree; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training, which includes two years of professional supe ...
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.