Solid Waste Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 75810
- Class code
- 75810
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Solid Waste Specialist is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 75810.
- 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 assignments, within an assigned geographical area of the Commonwealth, in the regulation of facilities to insure compliance with the Commonwealth's rules and regulations governing solid waste management. Work requires the application of these rules and regulations during the conduct of inspections, investigations, enforcement, plan review and permit compliance activities. Work involves inspecting municipal waste disposal sites, demolition waste landfills, sewage sludge disposal sites, industrial waste treatment and disposal facilities; and investigating complaints involving homeowner garbage problems, agricultural waste disposal sites, open dumps, demolition waste landfills, sewage sludge disposal areas, and industrial and hazardous waste facilities.
Examples of the work
Inspects municipal waste disposal sites for such things as unloading procedures, vector control, drainage of surface water, dust control, spreading and compacting, final cover, and operating records. Inspects demolition waste landfills for such things as unloading procedures, accident prevention and safety, cover material characteristics, equipment, dust control, spreading and compacting, daily cover, bulky waste, and operational records.
Minimum qualifications
Successful completion of the training program for the Solid Waste Specialist Trainee; 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.