Engineering Technician pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 12010
- Class code
- 12010
- Pay scale group
- ST 04
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Engineering Technician is $41,506 to $61,927 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 12010.
- 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 01/01/1967.
What the state says the job is
This is beginning-level technical work in a training nature in one of several fields of engineering technology. An employee in this class performs a variety of beginning-level duties designed to develop technical skills and proficiency in a specialized field of engineering technology such as: surveying, drafting and designing; construction and materials inspection; and traffic control or traffic planning. Candidates are selected and placed in specific work areas on the basis of demonstrated aptitude and interest in a technical engineering specialty. Initially, employees perform a variety of limited technical tasks, but as technical proficiency is acquired, increasingly difficult duties are assigned. Work is assigned in detail by a technical superior and is reviewed in progress and upon completion for quality, adherence to technical standard, and technical development.
Examples of the work
Serves as a member of a survey party to learn and perform a variety of duties in conjunction with preliminary, construction, and final surveys; receives instructions in the use of all surveying instruments, in reading plans and blueprints, and in the principles of surveying. Participates in the preparation of construction plans for roads, buildings, bridges, dams, or other engineering structures by plotting alignments, profiles, topography, depicting terrain and its effect on structural support or performing miscellaneous other drafting and detailing assignments; computes or checks computations for design geometric or pre-construction estimates of project material quantities.
Minimum qualifications
An associate degree in surveying, drafting, designing, civil, or any other appropriate field of engineering technology.
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.
Nearby classes in Pennsylvania
Engineering Technician in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | $20.56 | $30.85 | $42,765 to $64,168 |
Each state publishes its own range for a classification with this exact title. Duties, grade structures and bargaining units differ between states, so read each class page before comparing.