Preservation Construction Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 26570
- Class code
- 26570
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- C4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Preservation Construction Specialist is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 26570.
- 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 07/02/1998.
What the state says the job is
This is professional work in the planning, performance, and oversight of preservation construction projects for the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Employees in this class are responsible for special projects involving preservation issues, preservation technologies, and preservation maintenance oversight. Work includes responsibility for evaluating, planning, overseeing and performing specific preservation craft trades such as carpentry, roofing and masonry in order to restore and preserve historic buildings. Highly specialized skills, preservation techniques and technology are employed to ensure that all work is consistent with, and does not jeopardize, the historic integrity of the structures and that the work meets the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
Examples of the work
Develops plans for restoration and preservation maintenance projects at historic sites. Prepares documentation of the work to be performed. Works in partnership with Architectural Designers in the design and oversight of preservation projects. Analyzes the condition and integrity of historic structures to determine the scope of work required to effect repairs, restoration, rehabilitation, and reconstruction. Provides estimates of time, labor and materials needed. Confers with Preservation Construction Supervisor, Chief of Architecture and Conservation and Site Administrators to review project plans, establish priorities, coordinate project phases, and minimize adverse impacts.
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree in Architectural History, American History, Historic Preservation, Architectural Conservation or a similar field; and two years of experience in historic preservation construction work which has directly involved hands-on construction work in the restoration or preservation of historic buildings in one or more skilled trades. or Two years of post-secondary education and training in the above designated fields of study and four years of experience in historic preservation construction work which has directly involved hands-on construction work in the restoration or preservation of historic buildings in one or more skilled trades; or Any equivalent combination of experience ...
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.