Epidemiology Research Associate pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 34480
- Class code
- 34480
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- P4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Epidemiology Research Associate is $78,925 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 34480.
- 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 08/30/2019.
What the state says the job is
This is advanced professional analytical work in public health or environmental health epidemiology. An employee in this job leads or advises on complex investigations or studies and performs advanced design and development of methods and systems to collect, analyze, disseminate, and interpret highly complex and specialized public health or environmental health data. Work involves analyzing data and ensuring data quality; preparing reports and summaries; or providing consultation and outreach in the public health or environmental health program.
Examples of the work
• Collaborates with federal, state, and local agencies to secure and analyze data related to infectious diseases, chronic diseases, maternal and child health, bioterrorism/emergency response, environmental health, injury, occupational health, oral health, substance abuse, toxic substances, or mental health. • Designs, reviews, evaluates, enhances, and improves data collection, reporting, and investigation methods and systems. • Leads implementation, evaluation, and use of surveillance systems. • Organizes, interprets, and ensures quality of data from surveillance systems, investigations, literature reviews, toxicological data, or other sources.
Minimum qualifications
• One year of professional experience performing public health or environmental health epidemiological investigations or studies, or designing and managing a disease surveillance system; and a master's degree that includes or is supplemented by six credits in epidemiology, environmental health, statistics, or research.
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.