High Voltage Electrician Trainee pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 94360
- Class code
- 94360
- Pay scale group
- ST 05
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- J1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for High Voltage Electrician Trainee is $46,827 to $70,592 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 94360.
- 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 06/30/2006.
What the state says the job is
This is entrance level training work to develop proficiency in the operation and maintenance of electrical distribution systems and a high voltage sub-station. Employees in this job participate in an eighteen month on-the-job training program under the supervision of a High Voltage Electrician Foreman or other maintenance management staff. Assignments are designed to develop the employee's ability to apply the knowledge and skill of the high voltage electrician field to the solution of practical problems, increase the employee's ability to identify problems, and develop solutions which conform to agency policies, rules, and regulations as well as high voltage industry standards. Employees receive training in the legal requirements of high voltage electrical work, including the purpose, format and requirements for maintaining a variety of records.
Examples of the work
Participates in an on-the-job training program designed to develop proficiency in designated segments of basic operational knowledge, maintenance of normal operations, and system breakdown and repairs. Receives training in the analysis and total operation of the Capitol Complex high voltage sub-station. Develops blueprint-reading skills to trace underground routing of electrical cable. Learns gear room locations, modes of operation, the correct method of switching, blocking, and grounding, and the proper implementation of the safe shutdown of electrical equipment. Reads schematics to identify and resolve problems. Identifies and demonstrates the safe use of splice kits and splicing tapes.
Minimum qualifications
Five years experience in the electrical trade, or completion of an approved electrician apprenticeship; or An equivalent combination of experience and training.
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.