High Voltage Electrician Foreman pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 94400
- Class code
- 94400
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- J2
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for High Voltage Electrician Foreman is $77,164 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 94400.
- 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 01/13/2009.
What the state says the job is
This is supervisory work involving the supervision of workers performing specialized electrical work. An employee in this job supervises high voltage electricians and trainees in the operation and maintenance of an electrical distribution substation with an incoming line voltage at or above 23,000 volts and in the maintenance of switchgears for state office buildings in the Capitol Complex and outlying buildings, Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) installations, and State System universities. Employees also provide functional direction to a variety of trades staff involved with installing and maintaining emergency standby generators; troubleshooting problem areas; splicing underground electrical wires; and installing, testing, and maintaining high voltage electrical machinery, devices and associated equipment.
Examples of the work
Supervises a crew engaged in the operation and maintenance of a high voltage electrical substation and switchgears. Serves as liaison with local electricity utility providers and vendors in coordinating substation maintenance, repairs and upgrades. Evaluates the operation of generators, transformers, power control devices and related equipment by means of various instruments, such as ammeters, voltmeters, meggers, industrial analyzers, and graphic recorders. Directs corrective action resulting from system analysis of malfunctions, defects or emergency situations in an appropriate manner and sequence.
Minimum qualifications
Two years of experience as a High Voltage Electrician; or Eight years of journey-level electrical experience, including eighteen months of experience in high voltage electrical work.
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.