Mining Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 75910
- Class code
- 75910
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Mining Specialist is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 75910.
- 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 04/01/1981.
What the state says the job is
This is professional work in the field of mining. An employee in this class performs a variety of assignments, within an assigned geographical area of the Commonwealth, in the review and insurance of mining permits designed to regulate mining in the Commonwealth. Work involves reviewing requests for coal mining permits, coal refuse permits, non-coal mining permits, non-coal mining drainage permits, permit cancellations, permit transfers, permit renewals, and compliance monitoring. Work also involves bonding requirements and reviewing plans for reclamation of the mining area. Work includes investigating complaints involving on-lot water systems affected by mining operations; conducting surveys of watersheds, ground and surface water, and individual water supplies to determine effect of mining on water supply; and initiating enforcement and compliance activities against violators.
Examples of the work
Reviews requests for mining permits for completeness, method of mining, safety measures, proposal for reclamation of land after mining activities have ceased, and operator's prior record. Reviews requests for mine drainage permits to determine method of mining how water will be impounded and treated before being released into the waters of the Commonwealth, and possible effects on the waters of the Commonwealth. Determines if permit requests meet established rules and regulations and makes recommendations on approval or denial of permit and special conditions needed. Assists in the preparation of permits for issuance, including standard operating conditions and special operating conditions.
Minimum qualifications
Successful completion of training program for the Mining Specialist Trainee; or Any combination of equivalent 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.