Cartographic Drafter 2 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 10520
- Class code
- 10520
- Pay scale group
- ST 05
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Cartographic Drafter 2 is $46,827 to $70,592 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 10520.
- 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 advanced technical work in searching, compiling, drafting, and editing of maps and related illustrative materials using ink, scribing and/or computer assisted cartographic techniques. An employee in this class works on complex maps and related illustrations characterized by the density of items to be depicted, the degree of accuracy required, the number of elements composing the map and related materials, and the extended period of time required to complete the assignment. Employees compile cartographic data, review and edit map products when required, draft of scribe maps, and prepare them for reproduction if required.
Examples of the work
Compiles a variety of complex maps from cartographic source documents by searching and extracting necessary data from highway engineering plans, aerial photographs, straight-line diagrams, city maps, township maps, railroad reports, certified road reports, postal guides, aeronautical maps, field survey notes, computer listings, and other similar source materials, plotting the data, producing drafted or scribed copy, and editing the final product. Uses standard ink drafting, special scribing instruments, or computer assisted cartographic techniques to compile, draft, and edit road networks, rail, air, and water features, off road culture and other technical data.
Minimum qualifications
Two years as a Cartographic Drafter 1. or Three years of experience in the preparation of maps by either manual ink drafting, scribing, and/or computer aided drafting methods which included compiling data and laying out maps and graduation from high school, including or supplemented by courses in algebra, plane geometry, and trigonometry. or Two years of experience in the preparation of maps by either manual ink drafting, scribing, and/or computer aided drafting methods in compiling data and laying out maps and an Associate's Degree in surveying, drafting technology, or computer-assisted drafting and design. or Any 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.