Workers' Compensation Adjudication Director pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 70175
- Class code
- 70175
- Pay scale group
- ST 13
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Workers' Compensation Adjudication Director is $133,810 to $186,309 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 70175.
- 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 05/28/2002.
What the state says the job is
This is highly responsible administrative and quasi-judicial work in the adjudication of Workers' Compensation matters, including occupational disease issues. The employee in this class manages a statewide program of adjudication of disputed Workers' Compensation matters, oversees and develops policy for the rendering of decisions in accordance with Commonwealth laws, and monitors the final arbitration of the facts in disputed Workers' Compensation matters. Work involves supervising and evaluating the performance of Workers' Compensation Judge Managers, monitoring statewide compliance with the provisions of the Codes of Conduct established for Workers' Compensation Judges and with other applicable codes and regulations, and insuring the efficient and effective administration of statewide regions, each containing a number of judges' offices.
Examples of the work
Reviews the conduct of quasi-judicial hearings on Workers' Compensation matters where decisions are rendered based on documentary evidence and testimony in accordance with governing laws and regulations. Monitors compliance of Judge Managers and Judges with the provisions of the Code of Conduct for the Workers' Compensation Judges and with other applicable codes and regulations. Develops policy on adjudicative matters. Analyzes administrative operations and problems. Prepares detailed and comprehensive reports of administrative findings and recommendations. Implements procedural or policy changes.
Minimum qualifications
Two years of experience as a Workers' Compensation Judge Manager; or Five years of Workers' Compensation practice before administrative agencies, or equivalent experience.
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.