Unemployment Compensation Specialist 1 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 06410
- Class code
- 06410
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Unemployment Compensation Specialist 1 is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 06410.
- 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 12/14/2022.
What the state says the job is
This is professional work in the analysis, development, and implementation of statewide unemployment compensation (UC) benefits or tax service programs for employers and unemployed workers. An employee in this job assists in researching, developing, interpreting, and implementing UC policies and procedures; ensuring they conform to all applicable legislation, regulations, rules, and guidelines; monitoring programs; and making program recommendations. Work involves evaluating UC programs to identify areas of improvement in efficiency, services, and effectiveness; developing, evaluating, and implementing training initiatives to ensure effective and consistent operations throughout the state; participating in the research, analysis, and development of revisions to program enhancements to improve service delivery; and researching and responding to claimant and employer issues and inquiries.
Examples of the work
• Researches, analyzes, and recommends action on operational and programmatic problems to improve effectiveness and efficiency. • Assists higher level specialists in the development of final reports, procedures, and instructions. • Participates in delivering UC services to claimants and employers in the areas of UC benefits, workforce development, or tax services. • Corrects, adjusts, investigates, and resolves moderately complex unemployment compensation claims, records, and funds impacting the UC Trust fund, including account adjustments, payment corrections, and fund transfers.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as an Unemployment Compensation Claims Intake Interviewer or Unemployment Compensation Tax Technician (commonwealth titles); or • One year of technical work experience in an unemployment compensation program, or employment-services program; and a bachelor’s degree; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training.
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.