Technical Assistant pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 10580
- Class code
- 10580
- Pay scale group
- ST 02
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Technical Assistant is $32,724 to $47,863 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 10580.
- 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 entry level work serving as entrance to one of several technical career fields within the Department of Transportation. An employee in this class participates in technical assignments to develop competency and skill in the elementary aspects of traffic planning and control; materials sampling, testing, and inspection, construction inspection, utility relocation, map preparation and production, roadside inspection, roadway maintenance management and roadway materials control. Assignments are selected to provide experience in the practical application of the technical details and fundamental concepts of one of these fields. Work assignments are made in accordance with individual ability and development. Freedom to act is limited to well defined assignments in accordance with established standards and techniques.
Examples of the work
As part of a technical program, performs a number of introductory materials or soils tests and analyses or assists with such tests as penetration, solubility, flash point, specific gravity, absorption, hydrometer analysis, brittleness and tear resistance on material such as cement, aggregate, paint, and steel. Assists a materials technician in the review of routine production methods, procedures and techniques required to evaluate plant production capabilities, as part of the trainee program. Performs entry-level assignments in the use of conventional and/or computer aided drafting methods to plot, ink or scribe roads or other technical data in preparing maps.
Minimum qualifications
Graduation from high school. or Any equivalent combination of experience and training.
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.