Solid Waste Program Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 75850
- Class code
- 75850
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Solid Waste Program Specialist is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 75850.
- 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 01/01/1980.
What the state says the job is
This is professional work in the field of solid waste management. An employee in this class performs a variety of duties in the statewide solid waste management program to ensure compliance with the Commonwealth's rules and regulations governing solid waste management. Work requires the application of these rules and regulations during the review of plans and permits and the conduct of surveys. Work includes evaluating the recommendations of the regional staff regarding detailed operational and design plans for municipal solid waste disposal and processing facilities, resource recovery facilities, hazardous waste storage and disposal facilities, demolition waste landfills, commercial and industrial transfer stations, municipal incinerators, industrial waste disposal sites, coal refuse disposal, areas, sewage sludge disposal, and agricultural utilization sites; determining if site should ...
Examples of the work
Reviews Departmental Orders prepared by field personnel for content, completeness, technical accuracy, and legal terminology; approves or disapproves Departmental Orders. Reviews Consent Orders/Agreements prepared by field personnel for content, completeness, technical accuracy, and legal terminology; approves or disapproves Consent Orders/Agreements. Conducts enforcement conferences to explain Departmental Orders or Consent Orders/Agreements, provide background data on the case, and answer questions. Attends administrative hearings to provide background data on the case, answer questions, and assist in explaining Departmental Orders or Consent Orders/Agreements.
Minimum qualifications
Two years of experience as a Solid Waste Specialist; or Any equivalent combination of experience and training which affords the applicant the required knowledges and abilities.
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.