Radio Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 01070
- Class code
- 01070
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Radio Specialist is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 01070.
- 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 10/24/2003.
What the state says the job is
This is administrative and technical work coordinating the modification and maintenance of the Pennsylvania Public Safety Radio System. An employee in this class is responsible for coordinating one or more segments of the integrated statewide radio/data telecommunications system that provides a standard framework for shared communication among state and local emergency management, law enforcement, and emergency medical services agencies. Work involves coordinating the design, maintenance and installation of wire line and microwave connectivity to sites, monitoring the maintenance and operation of equipment, and overseeing the deployment and installation of micro-cell sites.
Examples of the work
Monitors vendors responsible for the design, installation, implementation, operations and maintenance of radio equipment and infrastructure of radio sites. Oversees vendors providing end-user training to system users. Develops and implements standard operating procedures for the installation, maintenance and operation of radio equipment. Administers utility services for the radio sites by establishing utility liaison, developing budget estimates for utilities, arranging for electrical connections, and coordinating payments for services provided by utilities.
Minimum qualifications
Four years of radio, microwave or related telecommunications experience which includes one year of system design or configuration and three years of general telecommunications experience that involved the installation, repair or maintenance of commercial and/or government systems or systems engineering analysis with a public utility, governmental agency or private company. A bachelor’s degree or post high school training in telecommunications technology, radio communications or electronics with emphasis in radio or microwave telecommunications may be substituted on a year for year basis for up to two years of general telecommunications 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.