Building Automation Systems Technician 2 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 97840
- Class code
- 97840
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- J1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Building Automation Systems Technician 2 is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 97840.
- 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 12/31/2020.
What the state says the job is
This is advanced technical work in programming, customizing, installing, commissioning, repairing, and operating BA systems and related devices. An employee in this job installs, analyzes, diagnoses, and resolves BA system and device issues that are building-wide in scope and configures the system and devices to optimize performance in that building. Work involves programming, configuring, and testing controllers and sensors; programming and installing graphics and sequence of operations; and downloading, testing, and communicating firmware updates. Work includes commissioning building-wide BA systems, maintaining documentation on changes and enhancements, and developing standard and ad hoc reports to monitor system performance. Work may involve monitoring, testing, and adjusting pneumatic controls; and providing BA user and software training to trades and maintenance employees.
Examples of the work
• Responds to technical and mechanical issues of lower-level BA system, trades, and maintenance staff and provides remote or on-site support to analyze, diagnose, and repair building-wide BA system malfunctions. • Improvises troubleshooting procedures to analyze and diagnose issues where multiple system components were designed and installed independently and modified to accept the control of a centralized BA system. • Analyzes building environmental control problems such as temperature, humidity, static pressure, air flow, noise, and air quality, and recommends solutions for implementation.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as Building Automation Systems Technician 1 (commonwealth title); or • Four years of experience in the maintenance, repair, or installation of HVAC or refrigeration systems, related digitally controlled equipment, or BA systems which includes two years installing, repairing, and commissioning industrial or commercial electronic controls and sensors; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training which includes two years installing, repairing, and commissioning industrial or commercial electronic controls and sensors.
Special requirements
• Certain positions require possession of an active Pennsylvania non-commercial Class C Driver's License or equivalent. • Certain positions must obtain EPA Universal Refrigerant Transition and Recovery Certification from an approved provider within 6 months of employment.
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.