Tourist Information Counselor pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 05942
- Class code
- 05942
- Pay scale group
- ST 03
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Tourist Information Counselor is $36,831 to $54,162 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 05942.
- 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 07/28/2017.
What the state says the job is
This is routine work greeting and assisting visitors touring the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. An employee in this job greets, welcomes, and assists visitors to the commonwealth in the Department of Transportation’s Welcome Centers located along interstate highways near the state’s borders. Work involves providing general information to the public on Pennsylvania’s history, highway system, weather, tourist areas, attractions, recreational areas, state parks, and lodging facilities. Work also involves issuing tourist promotional literature, providing directions, and answering specific questions on Pennsylvania. Work is subject to changes in operating procedures and requires some adaptability to shifts in work schedule. Employees work with considerable independence within standard operating procedures and receive minimal supervision.
Examples of the work
• Greets, welcomes, and assists visitors in a courteous and professional manner. • Distributes tourist promotional literature and provides assistance to travelers and tourists regarding the commonwealth’s highway system, weather information, tourist areas, attractions, recreational areas, state parks, and lodging facilities. • Maintains the Welcome Center and its literature display racks in a neat, clean, and orderly manner. • Opens and/or closes the Welcome Center punctually on a daily basis as assigned by the work schedule. • Assists supervisor in the compilation and preparation of required reports.
Minimum qualifications
• One year of experience in work involving public contact; 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.