Environmental Community Relations Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 05790
- Class code
- 05790
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Environmental Community Relations Specialist is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 05790.
- 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 08/02/2024.
What the state says the job is
This is advanced professional work in community relations and outreach for the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). An employee in this job plans, develops, implements, and coordinates community and media relations or environmental justice programs designed to promote the public’s participation, awareness, and understanding of environment-related initiatives, laws, regulations, and enforcement activities that impact their communities. Work involves serving as the liaison for matters involving community and media relations or environmental justice programs and issues in an assigned geographic area.
Examples of the work
• Plans, develops, implements, and coordinates community relations and outreach programs designed to promote citizen participation and understanding in the programmatic, regulatory, and enforcement activities of the department. • Serves as the liaison in dealing with the media, environmental and conservation groups, trade associations, community groups, and the public within an assigned geographical area and provides a forum for discussing and alleviating conflicts between them and the department.
Minimum qualifications
• Three years of professional experience in public relations or community organizing, and a bachelor's degree with a major in public relations, social services, political science, communications, environmental sciences, or a closely related field; or • An 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.