Construction Cost Technician 1 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 11240
- Class code
- 11240
- Pay scale group
- ST 04
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Construction Cost Technician 1 is $41,506 to $61,927 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 11240.
- 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 computing the quantities and costs of materials used in the construction of highways, bridges, structures, or dams or other water conservation projects. An employee in this class reviews and interprets engineering drawings, survey and inspection notes, and rough sketches of highways, bridges, structures, or dams or other water conservation projects, and prepares sketches as required to depict all types and classes of materials in geometric units. The quantity cost of each unit is then computed through the application of standard formulae. Work is assigned with general instructions and specific objectives by a technical supervisor or lead worker and reviewed upon completion for accuracy, neatness, completeness, and adherence to established standards.
Examples of the work
Participates in the interpretation of notes, drawings, and sketches, the preparation of sketches, and the calculation of highway, bridge, structural, or dams or other water conservation project quantities. Analyzes detailed shop drawings, prepares sketches, and computes quantities of materials used in bridges or related structures. Analyzes field notes and sketches and calculates quantities of contract unit bid items for highway or bridge construction activities such as plain and structural steel, and structures. Reviews inspectors' notes and sketches, interprets design plans, prepares sketches, and computes quantities of all materials used on assigned construction projects.
Minimum qualifications
One year experience as a Technical Assistant. or One year of experience in the computation of construction quantities. or An associate 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.