Air Quality Engineering Trainee pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 14000
- Class code
- 14000
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Air Quality Engineering Trainee is $67,658 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 14000.
- 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 07/01/2016.
What the state says the job is
This is entrance level training work to develop practical proficiency in air quality engineering. An employee in this job participates in a formal and on-the-job training program in air quality engineering under the responsible charge of a professional engineer. Work involves participating in various aspects of the Commonwealth’s air quality program, including plan approvals, permitting, stack testing, ambient air monitoring and emissions monitoring. Work assignments are designed to develop the employee’s ability to apply air quality engineering theories and concepts to the solution of practical problems, to increase the employee’s ability to recognize and define problems in the early stages of project assignments, and to instruct the employee in developing problem solutions that conform to professional standards and agency policies, rules and regulations.
Examples of the work
Assists in performing plan and permit application reviews involving the treatment, minimization and discharge of air pollutants. Assists in the calculation of potential and actual air pollution contamination rates. Assists in studying treatment processes and control technology in order to evaluate air pollution potential and control equipment effectiveness. Assists in conducting local, ambient and area air quality studies and makes recommendations for reduction of air pollution in study areas. Collects data to determine the extent, nature and source of atmospheric contaminants.
Minimum qualifications
A bachelor’s degree in the field of engineering; or One year of engineering experience, 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. CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT: Certain positions in this job will require possession of a valid Pennsylvania driver’s license.
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.