Director, State Safety Oversight Office, DOT pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 28362
- Class code
- 28362
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- G3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director, State Safety Oversight Office, DOT is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 28362.
- 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 10/30/2025.
What the state says the job is
This is highly responsible managerial work directing safety oversight of fixed guideway public transportation systems in the Department of Transportation (DOT). The employee in this job plans and directs a staff and all activities in the State Safety Oversight (SSO) Office. Work involves managing the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of comprehensive state safety oversight programs for fixed guideway public transportation systems under the jurisdiction of the SSO Office. Work includes determining program policies, goals, objectives, and priorities; and ensuring compliance with federal and state laws and legislation, and SSO program standards. Supervision is exercised over State Safety Oversight Regional Administrators.
Examples of the work
• Directs the planning, development, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of the SSO Office functions. • Establishes and directs statewide safety oversight programs, criteria, processes, technical standards, and activities for fixed guideway public transportation systems and the electric mass transit vehicle inspection program. • Directs the development of statewide policy regarding safety and security certification requirements and qualifications. • Oversees the development, compliance, and enforcement of rail transit agency safety plans to ensure conformance with federal and state mandates.
Minimum qualifications
• Three years as a State Safety Oversight Regional Administrator, DOT (Commonwealth title); or • Eight years of experience managing rail transit operations or regulating rail transit safety that includes three years of supervisory experience; and a bachelor’s degree; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes three years of supervisory experience managing rail transit operations or regulating rail transit safety.
Special requirements
• This position requires possession of an active motor vehicle license. • The employee must obtain the federally required Public Transportation Safety Certification Training Program (PTSCTP) Certificate within three years of hire and maintain it for the duration of employment in this job.
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.