Director, Bureau of Waste Management pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 12970
- Class code
- 12970
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director, Bureau of Waste Management is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 12970.
- 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 07/08/2015.
What the state says the job is
This is professional managerial work directing the activities of the Bureau of Waste Management in the Department of Environmental Protection. The employee in this job directs the activities of a professional, technical and administrative staff engaged in a variety of duties involving statewide waste management programs. Work involves determining policies, goals, objectives and priorities for the waste management programs; developing and implementing rules, regulations, procedures, standards and guidelines to manage program activities; reviewing proposed legislation for possible impact on the program; and determining and preparing budgetary requests.
Examples of the work
• Directs the planning, development, implementation, coordination and evaluation of statewide waste management programs. • Directs the development of statewide policies, technical standards and procedures for permitting, monitoring, enforcement and technical assistance activities involving waste management programs. • Directs the preparation of contracts and grant agreements pertaining to program activities. • Reviews and analyzes activity reports to determine work being performed, program trends and program effectiveness. • Develops and prepares budget and re-budget requests.
Minimum qualifications
• Nine years of experience in coordinating waste management programs, that includes four years of managerial experience and a bachelor’s degree; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training, that includes four years of managerial experience coordinating waste management programs.
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.