State Police Lieutenant pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 74050
- Class code
- 74050
- Pay scale group
- SP 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- L1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for State Police Lieutenant is $124,516 to $161,863 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 74050.
- 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 06/29/2015.
What the state says the job is
This is law enforcement work in the command of Pennsylvania State Police operational or administrative functions. An employee in this job serves as a first-level commissioned officer and supervises the work of subordinate State Police Sergeants or performs duties of comparable complexity that require highly specialized police skills. Work involves enforcing commonwealth laws and functioning as a sworn police officer exercising the powers of arrest. Duties involve tactful and courteous treatment of the public, impartial application of the law, and the need to make instantaneous decisions and take appropriate actions in situations that are frequently stressful or dangerous in nature. Work is performed independently and is reviewed for quality, completeness, and technical soundness through reports and observation.
Examples of the work
• Functions as Patrol Section Commander at troop headquarters by managing the work of subordinate personnel responsible for troop-wide patrol functions such as collision analysis and reconstruction, commercial vehicle enforcement, vehicle fraud investigation, and special patrol enforcement programs. • Functions as Criminal Investigation Section Commander at troop headquarters by managing the work of subordinate personnel responsible for open and undercover investigative functions related to crime, fire, vice-narcotics, intelligence, forensic evidence, and polygraphs.
Minimum qualifications
• Two years as a State Police Sergeant.
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 SP schedule.
Nearby classes in Pennsylvania
State Police Lieutenant in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | $42.79 | $59.42 | $89,003 to $123,594 |
| Michigan | $44.63 | $64.47 | $92,830 to $134,098 |
Each state publishes its own range for a classification with this exact title. Duties, grade structures and bargaining units differ between states, so read each class page before comparing.