Metrology Supervisor pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 15720
- Class code
- 15720
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B5
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Metrology Supervisor is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 15720.
- 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 10/26/2009.
What the state says the job is
This is professional and technical supervisory work in the operation of the Pennsylvania Standards Laboratory within the Department of General Services. The employee in this job is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing staff working in the state metrology laboratory. Work includes supervising staff responsible for the calibration and certification of weights and measures used throughout the Commonwealth to ensure compliance with the standards of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The employee in this job is also responsible for ensuring the Pennsylvania Standards Laboratory remains in compliance with the protocols and requirements established by NIST. Supervision is exercised over technical and clerical staff.
Examples of the work
Supervises subordinate Metrologists responsible for the certification and calibration of weights and measures used by state and local weights and measures inspectors, law enforcement agencies, and private sector firms. Supervises precision calibrations and tolerance tests on standards of mass, length, volume and time. Supervises the maintenance of the primary state standards for mass, length, volume, and time, as well as supplementary equipment to ensure current traceability to the NIST. Oversees and provides consultative services on weighing and measuring to quality control engineers and other industry representatives.
Minimum qualifications
One year as a Metrologist; or Two years of professional metrology laboratory experience, and a bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, mathematics, or metrology; or Four years of professional metrology laboratory experience, and an associate’s degree in engineering, physics, mathematics, or metrology; or An equivalent combination of experience and training.
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.