Environmental Engineering Technician pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 13050
- Class code
- 13050
- Pay scale group
- ST 05
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Environmental Engineering Technician is $46,827 to $70,592 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 13050.
- 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 10/03/2000.
What the state says the job is
This is technical work in support of an environmental engineering program in the Department of Environmental Protection. An employee in this class performs a variety of technical duties in the mine reclamation or waterways engineering programs, or in the field of general environmental monitoring. Work includes collecting and summarizing field data, preparing data reporting forms, performing numerical computations, entering data into computer databases and spreadsheets and generating reports from these systems. Work involves performing engineering drafting and assisting in the planning and preliminary design of environmental engineering projects.
Examples of the work
Drafts details of hydraulic structures such as dams, channels and levees with professional direction from engineers; uses standard procedures, designs, and details to draft components such as trash racks, drainage structures, concrete joists, cross sections and fence details; and plots cross sections and plans from surveyor field notes. Prepares cost studies of projects under design by reviewing working plans, determining quantities, establishing cost per item, computing total costs, plotting cost curves, and preparing reports.
Minimum qualifications
An Associate's degree in engineering technology, Computer Aided Drafting and Design, surveying or in any other appropriate technical field; or Two years of technical experience in environmental engineering, drafting, surveying and/or construction; or An equivalent combination of experience and training. Necessary Special Requirement: Possession of a valid Pennsylvania Driver's License.
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.