Copy Machine Operator pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 96160
- Class code
- 96160
- Pay scale group
- ST 02
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- J1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Copy Machine Operator is $32,724 to $47,863 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 96160.
- 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 02/16/2000.
What the state says the job is
This is copy machine operation and related maintenance work which may involve ozalid or diazo machines. An employee in this class operates photocopy, microfilm equipment, or an ozalid or diazo copy machine and reproduces second originals, drawings, sepias, mylars, and maps and performs preventative maintenance and makes minor repairs and adjustments to photocopy machines, readers, printers, cameras, film processors, densitometers, and ozalid and diazo machines. Photocopy machine work includes adding toner and developer, cleaning glass surfaces, loading machine with paper, cleaning drums, clearing jams, and operating the machine to reproduce forms, letters, reports and other similar materials.
Examples of the work
Operates an ozalid or diazo copy machine by adjusting machine speed, chemical strength, light intensity and paper feed mechanism to obtain satisfactory image or image transfer and reproduces second originals, drawings, sepias, mylars, and maps. Prepares or adds proper chemicals to the machine and insures tanks are filled. Performs preventative maintenance on machine and makes minor repairs and adjustments. Operates one or more photostatic machines and reproduces forms, letters, reports, and other similar documents.
Minimum qualifications
Any combination of experience and training in the use of copying machines or duplicating equipment that affords the applicant the Required Knowledges, Skills, and Abilities.
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.