Radiation Protection Program Manager pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 14340
- Class code
- 14340
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Radiation Protection Program Manager is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 14340.
- 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 03/23/2012.
What the state says the job is
This is professional and managerial work directing a radiation protection or nuclear safety program area in the Department of Environmental Protection. An employee in this job serves as a regional program manager for the radiation protection program or as a division manager in central office. Work involves planning, developing, coordinating, implementing and evaluating program activities within the assigned area of responsibility. Work requires coordinating the activities of the assigned units with other organizational units; determining goals, objectives and priorities; and evaluating the effectiveness of the regional or statewide program. Work also involves developing, implementing or recommending changes to regulations, policies and procedures; reviewing proposed legislation for possible impact on the assigned program; and determining and preparing budgetary requests for the program.
Examples of the work
• Establishes program priorities and objectives to ensure that program goals are met. • Directs and assists in emergency response activities involving accidents and incidents at nuclear power reactors in the Commonwealth and adjacent states and participates in exercises and drills at nuclear power reactors. • Conducts or directs special studies on new methods of evaluating and controlling radiation hazards. • Assists in the formulation of regulations and proposed legislation for the control of radiological health hazards. • Represents the agency, bureau or regional office in dealing with federal officials and other Commonwealth agencies.
Minimum qualifications
• Two years as a Radiation Protection Program Supervisor or Nuclear Safety Specialist; or • Six years of professional experience in the recognition, evaluation and control of radiation hazards, that includes two years of supervisory experience, and a bachelor’s degree in health physics, radiation physics, radiation biology, nuclear physics or applied health physics; or • Six years of professional experience in the recognition, evaluation and control of radiation hazards, that includes two years of supervisory experience, and a bachelor’s degree with major course work in the physical, biological or radiological sciences or in nuclear engineering, that includes 20 credits in health physics or ...
Special requirements
• Certain positions require possession of an active Professional Engineer license issued by the Pennsylvania State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists.
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.