Materials Manager 1 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 15550
- Class code
- 15550
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Materials Manager 1 is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 15550.
- 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 08/01/1981.
What the state says the job is
This is managerial work in sampling, physical testing, fabrication inspection, material placement inspection and control of construction and maintenance materials or soils samples. An employee in this class is responsible for directing and supervising a phase of sampling, physical testing, fabrication inspection and material placement inspection of construction and maintenance materials or soils in the central laboratory or in a field laboratory or engineering district. Work involves assigning and reviewing the work of a moderate-size staff of supervisors and technical employees performing a variety of materials and soils test, reviewing test results, and making recommendations to resolve complex materials or soils problems. Assignments require independent judgment in planning work details and making technical decisions.
Examples of the work
Directs and supervises a moderate-size laboratory or materials testing operation in the central laboratory, field laboratory or engineering district, with responsibility for the lifting, fabrication inspection, materials placement inspection and control of construction and maintenance materials or soils samples. Develops and interprets specifications, assigns and reviews work, establishes priorities, and directs and reviews new test procedures. Supervises the inspection of all bituminous and partland cement plants in an assigned engineering district.
Minimum qualifications
One year of experience as a Materials Supervisor or Materials Technician 3; or Five years of progressively responsible and varied experience in the testing of materials used in highway, bridge, building, or hydraulic or similar construction projects; and graduation from high school. An Associate Degree or two years of college in an engineering or science curriculum may be substituted for one year of the required experience; or One year of technical experience in the testing of materials used in highway, bridge, building, hydraulic, soils or similar construction projects; and a Bachelor's Degree in a physical science or closely related field; or Any equivalent combination of experience and tr ...
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.