Digital Forensic Examiner 1 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 01508
- Class code
- 01508
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Digital Forensic Examiner 1 is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 01508.
- 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 05/10/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is beginning level technical work in the acquisition, examination, and analysis of digital criminal evidence within the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP). An employee in this job participates in training and casework designed to develop proficiency in analyzing computer-related evidence for law enforcement’s use in investigating criminal activity. Training-related work involves receiving instruction in operating and file system environments used by diverse and modern technology, forensic techniques applicable to the technology and scope of investigation, preparing analytical reports associated with evidence processed, maintaining evidence chain of custody, and delivering testimony. Casework involves applying digital forensic techniques to the acquisition and examination of electronic evidence that is limited in variety and scope.
Examples of the work
• Performs routine forensic analysis of casework that involves limited types of digital evidence, standardized examination techniques, and extraction of data. • Preserves original evidence while producing and validating a working copy. • Disassembles, reassembles, connects to, and accesses cellular phones and common personal computing devices such as personal computers, laptops, and tablets. • Examines computer files from common operating systems, identifies data, and performs extraction methods to gather digital evidence. • Preserves and handles evidence and documents evidence chain of custody.
Minimum qualifications
• A bachelor’s degree in digital forensics, cyber forensics, forensic science, computer science or any information technology field that includes 3 college credits in computer networking and 3 college credits in information technology security, network security, or cyber security; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes 3 college credits in computer networking and 3 college credits in information technology security, network security, or cybersecurity.
Special requirements
• All positions require possession of an active motor vehicle license.
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.