Laboratory System Quality Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 72072
- Class code
- 72072
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Laboratory System Quality Specialist is $78,925 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 72072.
- 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 03/02/2001.
What the state says the job is
This is advanced professional work in the administration of the quality assurance program for the laboratory system of a state agency. An employee in this job performs quality assurance duties to support the laboratory system’s compliance with departmental, state, and federal policies, practices, and procedures and applicable accreditation requirements. Work involves developing, implementing, and monitoring laboratory operating and quality assurance policies, practices, and procedures; conducting quality assurance audits; administering proficiency testing; recommending corrective action plans; and preparing comprehensive reports for accreditation compliance purposes. Work may also involve developing and conducting training of new laboratory staff, serving as the technical coordinator for a significant forensic science discipline, and administering laboratory safety programs.
Examples of the work
• Develops and revises policies and procedures used in the administration of the laboratory system’s quality assurance and safety programs. • Develops, reviews, revises, and implements technical programs by establishing policies and procedures for examination techniques, analytical reports, chain of custody, and maintenance of laboratory instrumentation. • Evaluates new analytical techniques and equipment and recommends whether such should be adopted into laboratory use. • Evaluates new accreditation standards and determines methods to ensure laboratory system compliance.
Minimum qualifications
• Two years as a Forensic Scientist 2; or • Two years as a Forensic DNA Scientist 2; or • Four years of professional laboratory experience analyzing chemical, physical, or biological substances or materials and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biology, forensic science, microbiology, or a closely related physical or natural science, which includes or is supplemented by 16 college credits in chemistry or microbiology.
Special requirements
• Certain positions require that two of the four years of professional laboratory work experience involve a specific scientific discipline. • Certain positions require possession of an active PA non-commercial Class C driver’s license or equivalent.
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.