Plant Mechanic pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 97810
- Class code
- 97810
- Pay scale group
- ST 04
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- J1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Plant Mechanic is $41,506 to $61,927 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 97810.
- 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 05/29/2025.
What the state says the job is
This is skilled work in the repair and maintenance of high-pressure boiler and steam distribution systems. An employee in this job performs a wide variety of skilled work in the repair and maintenance of high-pressure steam boilers, auxiliary boiler equipment, and steam distribution systems. Work involves troubleshooting malfunctions, disassembling and assembling equipment, and performing adjustments and repairs necessary to restore plants to operating standards. Work may include preparing equipment for plant inspections. Work is performed independently and is reviewed for adherence to quality and timeliness standards.
Examples of the work
• Repairs and replaces boiler tubes, plates, burners, gaskets, steam safety valves, water safety valves, and all safety devices on high-pressure boilers. • Repairs, replaces, and adjusts a variety of pumps and components including water pumps, condensate pumps, circulating pumps, fuel oil pumps, boiler chemical feed pumps, pressure and temperature control valves, and related equipment. • Maintains plant combustion engines including adjusting valve timing and replacing bearings, piston rings, slide valve rods, and related parts.
Minimum qualifications
• One year of experience performing skilled work in the maintenance and repair of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), plumbing, or steam systems in a commercial or industrial facility; or • Three years of experience performing semiskilled work in the maintenance and repair of HVAC, plumbing, or steam systems in a commercial or industrial facility; or • One year of experience performing semiskilled work in the maintenance and repair of HVAC, plumbing, or steam systems in a commercial or industrial facility and completion of a high school vocational technical program from an accredited institution in HVAC, plumbing, steamfitting, pipefitting, or welding; or • One year of experie ...
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.