Telecommunications Specialist 1 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 01170
- Class code
- 01170
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Telecommunications Specialist 1 is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 01170.
- 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 05/12/2010.
What the state says the job is
This is technical work in the development and modification of voice and data telecommunications systems. An employee in this class performs a variety of technical duties in the management of Commonwealth voice and data telecommunications activities that include system design and configuration. Work involves planning, developing, reviewing, evaluating, and implementing voice and data telecommunications systems, equipment, facilities, and services in Commonwealth agencies; developing proposals for new or expanded systems; and preparing design criteria and design concepts for the purchase or lease of related equipment.
Examples of the work
Participates in the development and implementation of policies and procedures for the operation and modernization of voice and data telecommunications systems. Recommends revisions to existing policies and procedures. Participates in or reviews for acceptability new or expanded voice and data telecommunications systems applications, studies, design concepts, requests for proposals, specifications, plans and drawings, vendor bid lists, letters of intent, contracts, and other related documents and items. Prepares requests for equipment for existing systems applications. Evaluates the need for equipment for existing systems applications and recommends approval.
Minimum qualifications
One year of technical experience providing microcomputer support services that included information technology or telecommunications hardware and software installation, operation, and maintenance within a network environment, and an associate's degree in Microcomputer or Telecommunications Technology or other closely related field; or Three years of technical experience providing microcomputer support services that included information technology or telecommunications hardware and software installation, operation, and maintenance within a network environment; or Three years of voice or data telecommunications experience that included one year of system design or configuration experience and ...
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.