Transportation Equipment Operator B pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 91400
- Class code
- 91400
- Pay scale group
- ST 04
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- J1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Transportation Equipment Operator B is $49,819 to $61,927 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 91400.
- 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 10/17/2019.
What the state says the job is
This is skilled work in the operation of trucks with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of 32,001 pounds or more and construction and maintenance equipment in the Department of Transportation. Employees also perform manual work when not operating equipment. An employee in this job operates trucks and equipment used for construction and maintenance work. An employee in this job also receives additional training to become proficient in the operation of equipment at this level, as required by the assigned work organization. Work involves active participation in equipment maintenance duties and the performance of related work of both an unskilled and skilled nature. Work is assigned with general instructions on a project basis, and employees proceed independently in the operation of the equipment without further instruction or assistance.
Examples of the work
• Operates trucks with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of 32,001 pounds or more. • Operates equipment such as a backhoe, bulldozer, grader, rubber tire or steel wheel roller weighing 10 or more tons, small paver, self-propelled road widener, conveyor loader, self-propelled sweeper, truck-mounted line painting machines, self-propelled pavement breakers, self-propelled post drivers, front end loader or hi-lift with a bucket capacity greater than 4.5 cubic yards, loader with an attached snow blower, tractor mower with an extendable hydraulic mower or ditcher attachment, and other similar equipment which is used for construction or maintenance work.
Minimum qualifications
• One year of experience as a Transportation Equipment Operator A; or • One year of experience in the operation of construction and maintenance equipment; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training.
Special requirements
• All positions require possession of an active Pennsylvania Class A or B Commercial Driver's License or equivalent with the L restriction removed. Certain positions may require that the E or O restriction is removed.
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.