Installation Police Investigator, DMVA pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 74796
- Class code
- 74796
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- R1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Installation Police Investigator, DMVA is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 74796.
- 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 01/30/2025.
What the state says the job is
This is specialized law enforcement work performing criminal investigations at the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs’ Fort Indiantown Gap installation. The employee in this job is a sworn police officer with the authority to exercise the powers of arrest and independently conducts and leads complex and highly sensitive criminal investigations of alleged violations of federal, state, and local laws which require extensive and in-depth investigations and the use of specialized investigative methods and techniques.
Examples of the work
• Conducts and leads complex criminal investigations and oversees criminal investigations conducted by Installation Police Officers, DMVA. • Investigates threats made against the installation, persons, and dignitaries by performing site assessments to identify areas subject to potential security compromise, interviewing witnesses and interrogating suspects to determine the nature and viability of threats, analyzing intelligence information gathered, and recommending additional security assets and measures to mitigate and eliminate threats. • Determines the scope, timing, direction, and steps of investigations.
Minimum qualifications
• Two years of criminal investigative experience as a law enforcement officer and successful completion of the Municipal Police Officers’ Education and Training Commission Certified Basic Police Academy (Act 120) training.
Special requirements
• This position requires possession of an active motor vehicle license. • The employee must obtain active National Crime Information Center (NCIC) certification issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation within the probationary period and maintain certification for the duration of employment in t ...
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.