Tort Liability Specialist Transportation pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 70344
- Class code
- 70344
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Tort Liability Specialist Transportation is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 70344.
- 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 09/29/2017.
What the state says the job is
This is paralegal work in a highway engineering district in investigating and researching liability claims filed against the Department of Transportation. An employee in this job performs paralegal work in researching, gathering, coordinating, and providing required information in an engineering district office to support the Attorney General's Office in the defense of a full range of tort claims filed against the department. Work involves the collection of perishable accident data, review of pre-litigation claims, and research and review of county and various district office files, drawings, and charts.
Examples of the work
• Investigates accident sites for contributing factors such as sign placement, and road and weather conditions. • Builds and maintains potential files by collecting and obtaining evidence and supporting documentation relative to serious accidents in the district. • Interviews witnesses, obtains signed or recorded statements, police reports, weather reports; inspects vehicle and property damages; and recommends expert witnesses. • Gathers photographic evidence of site conditions, location, or other conditions as required to establish documentation and to ascertain if any deficiencies existed, as pertains to existing department policies.
Minimum qualifications
• Two years of paralegal experience and a certificate from an accredited paralegal school; or • Five years of investigative legal work in gathering and organizing legal documentation for use in a court of law; or • An 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.