Highway Design Manager pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 10340
- Class code
- 10340
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Highway Design Manager is $78,925 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 10340.
- 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 06/01/1989.
What the state says the job is
This is professional managerial work in designing highway projects. An employee in this class directs a large staff of subordinates including Highway Design Supervisors engaged in the preparation and/or review of complete sets of plans for a wide variety of highway projects. Emphasis is placed upon planning and organizing work, determining staffing requirements, reviewing work for technical accuracy, resolving the most complex problems, and working out necessary organizational and administrative details for a managerial supervisor who reviews work for satisfactory completion of projects.
Examples of the work
Plans, directs, and coordinates all activities associated with the preparation and/or review of design plans for highway construction, reconstruction, and rehabilitation projects in a highway engineering district, such as multi-lane, heavy traffic routes with interchanges, resurfacing, lane widening, and betterment projects. Coordinates work of unit or organization with other units or organizations. Interprets rules, regulations, policies, standards, and objectives of the organization or program to subordinates. Interviews prospective employees and recommends employee selection or ranks applicants in terms of preferability for employment.
Minimum qualifications
One year as a Senior Highway Designer or Highway Design Supervisor. or Three years of professional experience in highway design work and a Bachelor's Degree in engineering, physical sciences, mathematics, statistics or transportation technology. or Any 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.