Workers' Compensation Judge pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 07350
- Class code
- 07350
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Workers' Compensation Judge is $109,810 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 07350.
- 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 08/23/1996.
What the state says the job is
This is quasi-judicial work in the adjudication of Workers' Compensation matters, including Occupational Disease matters. An employee in this class hears and decides disputed Workers' Compensation matters and renders decisions in accordance with Commonwealth laws. Employees serve as the final arbiter of the facts in disputed Workers' Compensation matters. Work involves reviewing petitions, clarifying issues, administering oaths, taking testimony under oath, taking documentary evidence, ruling on the admissibility of evidence, judging the credibility of witnesses, ruling on objections, motions, and applications, and setting briefing schedules to control the timeliness of decisions. Supervision over clerical staff is exercised through the assignment and review of work and includes training, employee development, performance evaluation and responsibility for discipline.
Examples of the work
Conducts quasi-judicial hearings in disputed Workers' Compensation matters and renders decisions based on the evidence presented in accordance with governing laws and regulations. Reviews petitions, clarifies issues, administers oaths, takes testimony under oath, takes documentary evidence, rules on the admissibility of evidence, judges the credibility of witnesses, rules on objections, motions, and applications, and sets briefing schedules to control the timeliness of decisions.
Minimum qualifications
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.