Environmental Trainee pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 75400
- Class code
- 75400
- Pay scale group
- ST 05
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Environmental Trainee is $46,827 to $70,592 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 75400.
- 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 06/30/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is structured trainee work conducting compliance inspections in a specific environmental field for the Department of Environmental Protection. An employee in this job receives formal and on-the-job training to develop understanding and competence in performing compliance inspections for an environmental program. Work involves assisting higher-level specialists with environmental inspection, investigation, enforcement, and public relations work in one of the specific environmental fields, such as air quality, waste management, sewage planning, water quality, radiation protection, mining operations, oil and gas, storage tanks, or sanitation. Duties are performed with increasing independence as experience is gained.
Examples of the work
• Participates in on-the-job and formal training to develop competency in conducting compliance inspections in a specific environmental field. • Participates in inspections of regulated facilities, such as surface mining sites, industrial plants, or water treatment facilities, to identify toxic contaminants and other hazardous environmental conditions and ensure compliance with applicable regulations. • Assesses inspection sites to ensure employee and public safety.
Minimum qualifications
• A bachelor’s degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, environmental health, geology, biology, ecology, or a closely related field; or • Four years of technical experience in environmental science, environmental engineering, environmental health, geology, biology, ecology, or a closely related field; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training.
Special requirements
• All positions require possession of an active motor vehicle 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.