Environmental Chemist 1 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 15070
- Class code
- 15070
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Environmental Chemist 1 is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 15070.
- 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 02/01/1984.
What the state says the job is
This is professional work in the field of chemistry as it relates to environmental protection. An employee in this class performs a variety of duties in the Department of Environmental Resources involving the regulation of facilities to ensure compliance with Federal and Commonwealth rules and regulations governing the disposal, storage, treatment, discharge, transportation, and handling of industrial hazardous wastes and toxic materials and ensuring response to environmental industrial wastes emergencies resulting from the spilling or discharging of toxic and hazardous materials.
Examples of the work
Reviews permit applications for proposed disposal or discharge of industrial and hazardous waste for its effects on the environment and compliance with rules and regulations. Reviews industrial and hazardous waste permit applications to ensure proper disposal of toxic and hazardous material and evaluates alternative modes such as reclamation, reuse, or treatment to render the materials non-hazardous. Reviews industrial and hazardous waste permit applications from industries for the proposed disposal, storage, transportation, and treatment of hazardous and toxic wastes. Conducts surveys of industries to determine types and volume of waste being generated.
Minimum qualifications
A bachelor degree with major course work in chemistry, and two years of professional chemical analytical experience; or Six years of professional chemical analytical experience which included analyzing a wide variety of chemicals and interpreting the analysis; or Any equivalent combination of experience and training.
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
Environmental Chemist 1 in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | $59,800 | $92,690 | $59,800 to $92,690 |
| New York | $66,951 | $85,138 | $66,951 to $85,138 |
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.