Unemployment Compensation Tax Technician pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 06704
- Class code
- 06704
- Pay scale group
- ST 05
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Unemployment Compensation Tax Technician is $46,827 to $70,592 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 06704.
- 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 12/15/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is technical work reviewing and maintaining employer UC tax accounts in the Office of Unemployment Compensation Tax Services, Department of Labor and Industry. An employee in this job determines employee and employer UC tax liability, the existence of employer-employee relationships, and the applicability of UC laws to employer and employee tax contributions. Work involves maintaining employer UC tax accounts and reviewing employer information to determine the appropriate rate of taxation. Work is performed independently and is reviewed by an Unemployment Compensation Tax Technician Supervisor for timeliness, accuracy, and adherence to established standards, policies, and procedures.
Examples of the work
• Investigates wages with respect to claims filed for UC benefits. • Determines and issues contribution rates for employers in applying the experience rating provisions of the UC law. • Reviews the quarterly Employer’s Report for Unemployment Compensation for accuracy, internal consistency, and to determine that the correct amount of unemployment compensation tax has been paid. • Collects monetary delinquencies by issuing bills to contributory and reimbursable employers for both employer and employee UC tax liabilities. • Initiates assignments, when procedurally required, for the Audit and Compliance Division.
Minimum qualifications
• Successful completion of the Unemployment Compensation Tax Technician Trainee program (commonwealth title); or • Two years of experience in maintaining financial records, bookkeeping, tax preparation, or clerical accounting; 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.