Traffic Systems Control Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 10862
- Class code
- 10862
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Traffic Systems Control Specialist is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 10862.
- 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 01/01/1994.
What the state says the job is
This is advanced technical work in a District traffic engineering program. An employee in this class performs highly technical duties involving the analysis of difficult traffic control problems. Work of this level is differentiated from lower level traffic engineering work by the frequent responsibility for the design of traffic systems which use advanced signalization systems technology for the management of congestion and optimization of efficient traffic flow in major metropolitan and urban areas.
Examples of the work
Designs or prepares specifications and special provisions for the design of complex traffic signal systems employing state-of-the-art communications systems, controllers and software. Analyzes and develops traffic engineering solutions to complex congestion and incident management problems on high volume metropolitan corridors and highway systems. Trains and provides consultative services to Traffic Control Specialists, Municipal personnel, and contractors on the design, construction, operation and maintenance of advanced traffic signals systems. Designs integrated, several phase, multiple intersection signal systems on highly congested corridors.
Minimum qualifications
REQUIREMENTS: Two years of experience as a Traffic Control Specialist involved in traffic signal design work. or Three years of experience in traffic engineering work involving signal design and a Bachelor's Degree in civil engineering, mathematics or a closely related field. 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.