Cartographic Drafter 1 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 10510
- Class code
- 10510
- Pay scale group
- ST 04
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Cartographic Drafter 1 is $41,506 to $61,927 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 10510.
- 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 06/01/1989.
What the state says the job is
This is technical work in compiling and drafting of maps and related illustrative materials using either ink or scribing methods and/or performing cartographic operations using computer assisted cartographic techniques. An employee in this class prepares or revises routine and/or minor conventional or digital maps and related illustrative materials. A routine or minor map, in the Department of Transportation, typically shows the less-congested or lesser-traveled traffic routes that are prevalent in rural counties. An employee may also assist in the preparation of the more complex maps by searching a variety of source materials under the guidance of a technical superior, and performing compiling, drafting, or scribing duties. Employees may review completed work performed by others for accuracy and completeness.
Examples of the work
Compiles cartographic data by searching postal guides, township maps, computer listings, railroad maps, aerial photographs, straight-line diagrams, field-survey notes, or similar materials to extract data in order to prepare new or to revise a variety of maps which, in the Department of Transportation, consist of less-congested or lesser-traveled traffic routes prevalent in rural areas. Uses a computer graphics workstation to digitize map features, position labels and symbols, separate features by color and levels, and manipulate data for plotting hard copy.
Minimum qualifications
One year of experience as a Technical Assistant. or An associate's degree in surveying, drafting technology, or computer-aided drafting and design technology. or One year of experience in the preparation of maps by either manual ink drafting, scribing, and/or computer aided drafting methods and graduation from high school, including or supplemented by courses in algebra, plane geometry and trigonometry.
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.