Environmental Protection Compliance Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 14231
- Class code
- 14231
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Environmental Protection Compliance Specialist is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 14231.
- 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 06/01/1989.
What the state says the job is
This is professional environmental protection compliance work in the Department of Environmental Resources. An employee in this class performs a variety of professional duties, within an assigned geographic area of an Environmental Protection Region in an environmental specialty, to insure compliance with Commonwealth rules and regulations governing environmental protection. Work involves preparing violation letters, Departmental Orders, and Consent Orders/Agreements; preparing documentation for use in the prosecution of cases; prosecuting cases; conducting enforcement conferences and administrative hearings; negotiating settlements of cases; and negotiating penalties. Work also includes reviewing a variety of enforcement documentation and recommendations made by field personnel and determining priorities.
Examples of the work
Prepares Departmental Orders indicating violations discovered, corrective action required, control measures or devices to be installed, and time frames for their accomplishment. Prepares Consent Orders/Agreements indicating violations discovered, corrective action required, control measures or devices to be installed, time frames for their accomplishment, and establishes penalties. Prepares violation letters indicating violations discovered, citing appropriate rules and regulations, indicating corrective action required and establishing time limits. Testifies as an expert or material witness in enforcement cases before District Magistrates, the Environmental Hearing Board, or the courts.
Minimum qualifications
One year of professional experience as a Sanitarian, Air Quality Specialist, Solid Waste Specialist, or Water Quality Specialist; or Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training which affords the applicant the required knowledges, skills, and abilities.
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.