Geospatial Specialist 1 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 10500
- Class code
- 10500
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Geospatial Specialist 1 is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 10500.
- 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 09/01/2019.
What the state says the job is
This is entry level technical work in geographic information systems to capture, manipulate, analyze, maintain, and present geospatial and related data. An employee in this job utilizes geospatial technology to gather, process, verify, and store data to produce maps and other visual displays of data. Work involves digitizing and geocoding spatial data from a variety of sources for input into a geodatabase and converting raw data into a useable geospatial format. Work includes editing, analyzing, merging, and updating data sets; assigning appropriate attributes to data; creating metadata describing the data content, source, quality, and condition; and providing technical guidance and support to end users including installing, maintaining, testing, and troubleshooting GIS applications.
Examples of the work
• Uses GIS applications, geospatial data, tools, and queries to design and prepare technical reports and graphic representations of data such as maps, charts, graphics, data layers, and other visual displays to fulfill agency requests. • Converts data collected from field operations using Global Positioning System (GPS), remote sensing, and other sources into a spatial format by assigning coordinate geometry, entering tabular data, scanning and digitizing maps, or utilizing raster to vector conversion software. • Gathers geospatial data through survey equipment and data set acquisition taking measures to ensure quality control of data captured.
Minimum qualifications
• An associate's degree in geographic information systems, geography, geospatial technology, cartography, computer science, natural science, or related STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) field, including or supplemented by six (6) credits in geospatial coursework; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training which includes or is supplemented by six (6) credits in geospatial coursework.
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.