Geospatial Specialist 2 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 10501
- Class code
- 10501
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Geospatial Specialist 2 is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 10501.
- 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 technical and analytical work in geographic information systems to capture, manipulate, analyze, maintain, interpret, and present geospatial and related data. An employee in this job utilizes geospatial technology to create geospatial and related products through the processing, analysis, and interpretation of spatial, feature, and temporal data. Work involves assessing specific user requirements and determining the appropriate data sets, analytical tools, and geographic representation to meet business requirements.
Examples of the work
• Designs custom queries and models using coding languages such as Python or R to prepare technical reports and graphic representations of data such as maps, charts, graphics, data layers, and other visual displays to fulfill agency requests. • Researches data sets and resources to meet user requirements and selects data collection, integration, and storage methods based on project objectives. • Catalogs, archives, retrieves, integrates, reconciles, and distributes geospatial data according to agency and security protocols. • Creates logical, physical, and conceptual geospatial models and custom scripts necessary to analyze data for the development of specific applications.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as a Geospatial Specialist 1 (commonwealth title); or • One year of technical experience utilizing geospatial programs to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, maintain, and present geospatial data; and 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.