Radiation Health Physicist Trainee pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 14300
- Class code
- 14300
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Radiation Health Physicist Trainee is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 14300.
- 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 05/30/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is structured and specialized trainee work in the monitoring and control of radiological health hazards in the field of radiation protection in the Department of Environmental Protection. An employee in this job participates in formal training sessions and on-the-job assignments to develop professional proficiency in inspecting radiation-producing equipment and radioactive materials programs to ensure compliance with state and federal laws and regulations governing radiation protection. As training progresses, employees will participate in assignments of greater difficulty and complexity. Work is performed in a regional radiation protection program or in the central office under the technical guidance of a higher-level radiation health physicist or supervisor.
Examples of the work
• Participates in classroom and on-the-job training programs in radiation health physics. • Assists with reviewing specific and general applications for x-ray facilities and small quantity radioisotope use licenses, such as those for private practitioners, clinics, small hospitals, and small industrial users, to determine radiation shielding or dosage, and ensure compliance with relevant rules and regulations. • Assists with reviewing licensee-submitted decommissioning plans, final status survey reports, and decommissioning cost estimates.
Minimum qualifications
• A bachelor's degree in health physics, radiation physics, radiation biology, nuclear physics, or applied health physics; or • A bachelor's degree with major course work in the physical, biological, or radiological sciences or in nuclear engineering that includes 20 college credits in health physics or radiological sciences; or • Two years of technical work experience in the recognition, evaluation, and control of radiation hazards and an associate degree in radiation physics or a related field; or • Four years of technical work experience in the recognition, evaluation, and control of radiation hazards and 20 college credits in health physics or radiological sciences; or • Possession of a ...
Special requirements
• Certain positions require possession of an active Class C motor vehicle license.
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.