Lifeguard, DCNR pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 20094
- Class code
- 20094
- Pay scale group
- ST 01
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- 98
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Lifeguard, DCNR is $34,973 to $37,536 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 20094.
- 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 02/03/2021.
What the state says the job is
This is public safety work patrolling, directing, and monitoring activities in a swimming area at a state park. An employee in this job maintains order and minimizes risks to swimmers and other park visitors from accidents or drownings. Work involves recognizing when swimmers are in distress or need assistance and rescuing them using accepted lifesaving techniques; administering first aid, artificial respiration, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), including adult, infant, and child CPR, to injured park visitors; and ensuring compliance with park rules, regulations, guidelines, and procedures.
Examples of the work
• Patrols, directs, and monitors activities at a swimming area using boats or stations on the shore or water. • Recognizes when swimmers are in distress or need assistance and rescues them using accepted lifesaving techniques. • Administers emergency first aid, artificial respiration, and CPR to adults, infants, and children. • Enforces all rules and regulations and follows prescribed guidelines and procedures related to use of park swimming areas. • Inspects buoys, floats, ropes, first aid equipment and supplies, and other safety equipment to ensure proper operating conditions. • Inspects swimming areas to verify they are safe for public use.
Special requirements
• All employees must obtain a valid Lifeguard Certification issued by the American Red Cross, YMCA, United States Lifesaving Association, or other authority recognized by the Pennsylvania Department of Health within 14 days of employment.
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.