Mining Engineer pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 13620
- Class code
- 13620
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Mining Engineer is $80,646 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 13620.
- 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 03/30/2007.
What the state says the job is
This is advanced professional mining engineering work in an environmental regulatory, miner safety or mine reclamation program. An employee in this job performs advanced professional mining engineering work requiring judgment in the independent evaluation, selection and substantial adaptation and modification of standard techniques, procedures and criteria. Work assignments typically include a variety of complex features, such as the potential for significant environmental degradation, the application and interpretation of complex regulatory requirements, complexity of the technology or industrial processes used, conflicting design requirements, difficult external coordination requirements, critical miner health and safety issues, significant political or public interest, or the high probability of legal action taken against or by the agency.
Examples of the work
Performs advanced professional engineering work in the analysis and evaluation of complex permit applications, work plans and reports involving the surface or underground mining of coal and industrial minerals. Reviews engineering reports to determine the adequacy of the scope and methods of investigation, the appropriateness of analytical procedures, the validity of data, the soundness of conclusions and the technical and economic feasibility of recommendations in order to ensure the protection of the environment and of public health and safety.
Minimum qualifications
Two years as a Mining Engineering Specialist; or Three years of professional experience in mining engineering, and a bachelor’s degree in mining engineering; or Four years of professional experience in mining engineering, and possession of a valid Engineer-in-Training certificate issued by or acceptable to the Pennsylvania State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists; or Three years of professional mining engineering experience, and possession of a valid Professional Engineer license issued by the Pennsylvania State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists.
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.