State Police Medical Officer pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 37900
- Class code
- 37900
- Pay scale group
- DR 04
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- T3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for State Police Medical Officer is $212,500 to $267,150 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 37900.
- 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 09/30/2008.
What the state says the job is
This is professional medical and administrative work in fitness for duty, applicant eligibility determinations, and medical related policy development in the Pennsylvania State Police. The employee in this job functions as the agency’s chief physician specialist by examining and evaluating the medical condition of employment candidates and current employees to determine the ability to perform the physical and psychological requirements of a variety of law enforcement and non-law enforcement duties. Work involves reviewing and comparing medical reports against specialized job requirements, recommending and conducting medical examinations, and providing medical recommendations regarding appointment and full and limited duty work assignments.
Examples of the work
Reviews fitness for duty case requests and work-related injury/disability claims by evaluating witness reports, medical reports, and job requirements. Recommends independent medical examinations and communicates with physicians and specialists regarding examination objectives and results. Provides medical recommendations regarding the employee’s fitness for full or limited duty. Monitors limited duty work assignments of State Police Troopers and recommends return to full duty whenever medically supported. Evaluates the effects of prescribed drugs on employees’ ability to perform assigned duties and provides determinations regarding potential impairment.
Minimum qualifications
Completion of an approved U.S. residency training program in the medical specialty of family practice, internal medicine, or occupational medicine; three years of professional medical experience; and Board Certification by the American Board of Medical Specialties or the American Osteopathic Boards of Family Practice, Internal Medicine, or Occupational Medicine.
Special requirements
Possession of a current unrestricted license to practice medicine in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania issued by the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine or the Pennsylvania State Board of Osteopathic Medicine. Possession of a current Controlled Substance Registration Certificate issued by the U.S.
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 DR schedule.