Transportation Construction Inspector pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 10620
- Class code
- 10620
- Pay scale group
- ST 05
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Transportation Construction Inspector is $46,827 to $70,592 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 10620.
- 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 09/23/2020.
What the state says the job is
This is technical work in transportation construction inspection, bridge safety inspection, or materials testing. An employee in this job performs technical inspections of highway or bridge construction projects or materials testing work, which involves project safety, project records control, major highway occupancy construction, reconstruction projects, or contractor cost payment. Work involves projects that are characterized by operations, such as roadway overlays, widening, stabilization, earthwork, guiderail installation, and drainage. Work also involves performing inspections of existing bridges as a part of the bridge inspection program; interpreting contract requirements through analysis of specifications and drawings; and applying a variety of testing and inspection techniques. Work requires independent judgment in making technical decisions.
Examples of the work
• Performs inspections of highway construction projects for compliance with contract requirements and department standards and specifications. • Performs quality assurance testing of materials, including obtaining and preparing material samples, preparing documentation on sampling and testing, and ensuring materials conform to contract requirements and department standards and specifications. • Schedules and controls test procedures for the quality of embankment compaction control, nuclear testing, and random soils sampling programs. • Ensures proper maintenance of nuclear testing devices. • Conducts training for personnel to become qualified in nuclear testing operations.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as an Engineering Technician (commonwealth title); or • Two years as a Transportation Technician or Construction Cost Technician 1 (commonwealth titles); or • One year of construction inspection experience, and an associate’s degree in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, geotechnical engineering, surveying engineering technology, or a closely related engineering technology; or • Three years of experience in highway or bridge surveying, design, construction, or inspection work; or • Three years of experience in quality control of materials or building or construction industry experience, which includes reading and interpreting blueprints, plans, or schematics; or • An equiva ...
Special requirements
• Certain positions require possession of an active non-commercial Pennsylvania Class C Driver’s License or equivalent.
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.