Police Training Education Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 17642
- Class code
- 17642
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Police Training Education Specialist is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 17642.
- 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 04/21/2020.
What the state says the job is
This is professional work in the development, delivery, and evaluation of law enforcement training programs. An employee in this job develops, conducts, monitors, and evaluates police officer training programs held across the commonwealth. Work involves identifying training needs and establishing learning objectives; developing and revising basic and in-service curriculum in such areas as commonwealth vehicle and criminal law, police vehicle operation, patrol activities, firearms use, officer safety, and forensic services; planning and delivering training programs that involve classroom or online instruction and practical exercises designed to develop proficiency in providing police services; and measuring the effectiveness of instruction.
Examples of the work
• Develops, organizes, conducts, and evaluates basic and/or in-service training programs for police officers. • Identifies training needs, establishes learning objectives, identifies appropriate subject matter experts, leads curriculum development committees, and conducts instructor training. • Monitors municipal police academies for compliance with the Municipal Police Education and Training Act and regulations by reviewing academy records, conducting on-site inspections of facilities, observing instruction, and evaluating instructors. • Develops and administers certification exams for officer applicants and instructors.
Minimum qualifications
• Four years of experience as a sworn law enforcement officer that includes or is supplemented by one year of teaching or formal training experience in law enforcement programs, and completion of 60 college credits.
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.