Liquor Enforcement Officer Trainee pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 70501
- Class code
- 70501
- Pay scale group
- ST 04
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- K4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Liquor Enforcement Officer Trainee is $41,506 to $41,506 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 70501.
- 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 11/24/1993.
What the state says the job is
This is training work in enforcement of liquor-related laws in the State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement. Employee in this class participates in formal classroom instruction and practical field work designed to develop knowledge, skills and abilities, and worker traits required of a Liquor Enforcement Officer. Work involves attending classes of instruction on liquor-related laws, department regulations and procedures, investigative techniques, arrest procedures, and participation in self-defense, protection and firearm use. All instruction and the acquisition of the required knowledge, skills, abilities and work traits are closely supervised and monitored by standards. Work is performed and directed from the Pennsylvania State Police Academy. Once formal training is completed, employees participate in coach/pupil field training with experienced Liquor Enforcement Officers.
Examples of the work
Attends formal training classes pertaining to the Commonwealth's liquor-related laws, rules and regulations, court procedures, report writing and inspection and investigative techniques. Participates in formal classroom and role playing situations to gain effective working knowledge of liquor-related laws; investigative techniques, radio operation, border patrol techniques, searches and seizures; identification of violations in bar and speakeasy settings; completion of reports, undercover investigations, open inspections, speakeasy investigations, routine inspections and court hearings.
Minimum qualifications
Graduation from high school or an accredited G.E.D. certification.
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.