Construction Cost Manager pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 11270
- Class code
- 11270
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B2
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Construction Cost Manager is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 11270.
- 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 supervisory work in determining the quantities and costs of construction materials used in the construction of highways, bridges, structures, or dams or other water conservation projects. An employee in this class is responsible for supervising the computation of costs of construction materials used on highways, bridges, and related structures in a highway engineering district; or for supervising and performing work of equivalent scope and complexity in a central office function. Work in an engineering district includes the analysis of approved plans, construction reports, and contractors' statements supporting requests for payment; and the identification and resolution of conflicting data to establish the quantities for which payment shall be authorized to construction contractors.
Examples of the work
Supervises the complete processing of all construction engineering cost and quantity documents. Plans the processing of work, establishes priorities, and supervises and participates in the analysis of complex sketches and the division of each sketch of construction materials into geometric units. Supervises the computation of the quantities of materials used in the construction of highways, bridges, structures, or dam or other water conservation projects. Supervises the training of personnel engaged in analyzing sketches, computing quantities, and assembling data.
Minimum qualifications
Two years of experience as Construction Cost Technician 2. or Four years of technical experience in the computation of construction quantities which has included experience in using the various computer software systems utilized in the computation of construction quantities. or Three years of experience in the computation of construction quantities and an associate's degree in an appropriate engineering technology. 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.