Solid Waste Supervisor pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 75820
- Class code
- 75820
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B5
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Solid Waste Supervisor is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 75820.
- 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 06/01/1989.
What the state says the job is
This is supervisory and professional work in the field of waste management in an environmental protection regional office. An employee in this class supervises a staff of field inspectors and compliance specialists in the operations section of a waste management regional program; or, supervises a staff of technical specialists in the facilities section; or, supervises the activities of a technical staff involved in the identification, investigation, and cleanup of sites under the State Hazardous Sites Cleanup Program, the Federal Superfund program, or special cleanup projects; or, supervises a staff of technical specialists in the municipal waste planning and recycling program. Work involves providing guidance to subordinates in the interpretation of work assignments and providing advice on difficult or unusual waste management problems.
Examples of the work
Serves as a first-level supervisor in one of several organizational units in a regional waste management program. Plans and organizes work, assigns work, determines work priorities, sets goals, and review work performance. Prepares, reviews, and signs employee performance evaluation reports. Interprets rules, regulations, policies, procedures, standards, and objectives of the waste management program for subordinates. Interprets contractual and administrative rights and obligations for subordinates and modifies work environment or process to conform to changing conditions.
Minimum qualifications
Two years of experience as a journey-level specialist in a waste management program in the Department of Environmental Resources; or Three years of experience in environmental protection and a Bachelor's Degree with major course work in biology, chemistry, or in a field closely related to environmental protection. A Master's Degree with major course work in any of the fields closely related to environmental protection may be substituted for one year of the required experience; or Any equivalent combination of education and experience that affords the applicant the required knowledges and abilities.
Special requirements
Possession of a valid motor vehicle operator's license as issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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.