Geoscience Manager pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 14950
- Class code
- 14950
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Geoscience Manager is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 14950.
- 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 11/01/2020.
What the state says the job is
This is highly responsible managerial and administrative work directing a geoscience program designed to study, chart, map, and preserve geologic features and resources. An employee in this job is responsible for directing and managing, through subordinate supervisors or professional staff, highly complex geologic activities that have significant impact on the use of geologic, natural, and environmental resources. Work involves directing the development of policies and procedures and reviewing completed studies and projects to ensure overall accuracy and compliance with geologic practices and technical standards.
Examples of the work
• Develops, organizes, and administers policies and plans for one or more statewide programs, including regional geology, groundwater, mineral resources, oil and gas resources, geologic and geospatial data management, and environmental protection and conservation. • Reviews completed studies and projects to ensure overall accuracy and compliance with existing geologic practices, procedures, and technical standards. • Administers geologic programs within the department and coordinates with other state agencies and appropriate federal cooperative programs.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as a Geoscience Supervisor (commonwealth title); or • Four years of professional geology experience including one year in an administrative or supervisory capacity; and a bachelor's degree in geology, hydrogeology, geoscience, geophysics, geochemistry, engineering geology, or a closely related field that includes 30 college credits in geologic coursework; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes two years of experience in professional supervisory geologic work.
Special requirements
• All positions require possession of an active PA non-commercial Class C driver’s license or equivalent.
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.