Aviation Director, Transportation pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 09730
- Class code
- 09730
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- G3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Aviation Director, Transportation is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 09730.
- 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 11/25/2015.
What the state says the job is
This is responsible administrative work in directing and coordinating all activities associated with aviation activities and state owned aviation facilities within the Department of Transportation. The employee in this job is responsible for implementing, directing, and coordinating the aviation programs in accordance with departmental policies and objectives. Work involves directing the statewide airport development and improvement program, aviation safety, accident investigation, airport inspection and licensing programs, management of state owned airports, and commonwealth flight operations. The employee is responsible for extensive contact with local, departmental, state, and federal officials. Work is performed independently, within a framework of state and federal regulations and policies.
Examples of the work
• Plans, organizes, directs, and coordinates all activities associated with the statewide airport development program, aviation safety, accident investigation, airport inspection and licensing programs, the management of state owned airports, and commonwealth flight operations. • Directs airport development and improvement work including the review of airport development plans, the inspection of construction work in progress and upon completion, and the review of documents for payment of work performed. • Sponsors aero-space and aviation education workshops and curriculum development throughout the commonwealth.
Minimum qualifications
• Five years of professional public administration experience in in a scientific or technological field, including two years of experience coordinating and planning transportation projects, and a bachelor's degree in civil engineering or a closely related engineering discipline; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training.
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.