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Highway Sign Worker pay range

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 91110

$36,831 to $54,162 per year$36,831$54,162MINIMUM · MIDPOINT $45,496 · MAXIMUM

Published per year range, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Class code
91110
Pay scale group
ST 03
Pay unit
Year
Bargaining unit
J1
State
Pennsylvania

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 04/01/1985.

What the state says the job is

This is skilled work in painting, installing and maintaining all types of signs for state highways in a county maintenance unit. The employee has responsibility for use of standard trade practices in the painting, location, erection, and maintenance of all types of traffic, safety and other highway signs. Work usually requires lead worker responsibilities over a helper in completing assignments. Work is normally received in the form of job orders and other work is done according to prescribed schedules or instructions. The employee receives supervision from a highway foreman and work is normally examined upon completion.

Examples of the work

Assists in locating and installing directional, warning, routing, and other types of highway signs. Replaces broken posts or damaged signs; cuts weeds and brush around signs; paints sign posts, bridges, and other structures. Paints and repaints signs in a paint shop; mixes paints according to specifications; stencils and hand letters signs. Operates paint spray gun and other equipment in stenciling or painting crosswalks, traffic separators, parking stalls, and other markings and signs; assists in the operation of the painting machine for white lining state highways. Operates and maintains necessary tools and equipment. Functions as a lead worker over helpers.

Minimum qualifications

One year of experience as a painter's helper or other work leading to journeyman skills in sign painting; and such training as may have been gained through completion of the eighth school grade; 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.

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