Air Quality Engineer pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 14020
- Class code
- 14020
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Air Quality Engineer is $80,646 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 14020.
- 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 05/12/2007.
What the state says the job is
This is advanced professional air quality engineering work. An employee in this job performs advanced professional air quality engineering work requiring judgment in the independent evaluation, selection and substantial adaptation and modification of standard techniques, procedures and criteria. Work assignments typically include a variety of complex features, such as the potential for significant environmental degradation, the application and interpretation of complex regulatory requirements, complexity of the technology or industrial processes used, difficult external coordination requirements, significant political or public interest, or the high probability of legal action taken against or by the agency.
Examples of the work
Performs advanced professional air quality engineering work in the analysis and evaluation of permit applications, work plans and reports. Reviews plan approval and operating permit applications and makes technical decisions for agency action for complex air contamination sources, which include new facilities of significant size and impact that are subject to the most complicated federal and state regulations (New Source Review or Prevention of Significant Deterioration); existing facilities with numerous and integrated processes, such as combined cycle power plants, petroleum refineries, and steel mills; or facilities that are major emitters of hazardous air pollutants.
Minimum qualifications
Two years as an Air Quality Engineering Specialist; or Three years of professional experience in air quality engineering or environmental engineering, and a bachelor’s degree in the field of engineering; or Four years of professional experience in air quality engineering or environmental engineering, and possession of a valid Engineer-in-Training certificate issued by or acceptable to the Pennsylvania State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists; or Three years of professional experience in air quality engineering or environmental engineering, and possession of a valid Professional Engineer license issued by the Pennsylvania State Registration Board for ...
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.