Workers' Compensation Director pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 70160
- Class code
- 70160
- Pay scale group
- ST 12
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Workers' Compensation Director is $117,282 to $178,231 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 70160.
- 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 08/28/2002.
What the state says the job is
This is responsible work in the administration and enforcement of the Workers' Compensation and Occupational Disease Laws within the Department of Labor and Industry. The employee in this class is responsible for planning, coordinating, and directing the operation of the Bureau of Workers' Compensation. Work involves developing general operational policies and procedures; and directing the operation of Medical Cost Containment, Health and Safety, Self Insurance, Compliance, Claims Processing and Management Programs, and Support Operations in order to administer and enforce the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Law. Work also includes providing general direction to administrative, professional, technical, and clerical employees.
Examples of the work
Directs operations concerning the administration and enforcement of the Workers' Compensation Act. Evaluates operations involving organizational structure, methods and procedures. Implements changes to reporting, processing, and enforcement operations. Directs the establishment and maintenance of employers' safety and health programs for employees. Directs the development and maintenance of a self-insurance program for determining employers' ability to provide for their own insurance coverage for the payment of claims. Directs the establishment and maintenance of a program for the containment of medical costs for Workers' Compensation medical benefits.
Minimum qualifications
Six years of administrative experience, including three years in the field of Workers' Compensation; and a bachelor's degree; or An equivalent combination of experience and training including three years in the field of Workers' Compensation.
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.