Transportation Equipment Operator Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 91405
- Class code
- 91405
- Pay scale group
- ST 05
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- J1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Transportation Equipment Operator Specialist is $54,162 to $70,592 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 91405.
- 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 01/26/2018.
What the state says the job is
This is skilled work in the operation of heavy construction and specialized highway maintenance equipment in the Department of Transportation. Employees also perform manual work assigned within a county when not operating equipment. An employee in this job performs complex highway maintenance work involving the operation of specialized equipment, provides instruction and formal classroom training on the operation of equipment, and completes related maintenance work of both a skilled and unskilled nature. Work at this level requires operation of two or more of the following specialized equipment: fuel truck, rubber tire excavator (gradall), milling machine, oil distributor, pugmill, stone chipper for surface treatment operations, track excavator with a gross vehicle weight of 25,500 lbs or more, or a large paver.
Examples of the work
• Operates two or more of the following pieces of equipment: fuel truck, rubber tire excavator (gradall), milling machine, oil distributor, pugmill, stone chipper for surface treatment operations, track excavator with a gross vehicle weight of 25,500 lbs or more, or a large paver. • Operates trucks with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of 32,001 pounds or more. • Operates combination vehicles utilized to transport equipment to a construction or maintenance site. • Performs preventive maintenance and routine repair work on any type of equipment. • Maintains equipment records. • Serves as a lead worker or an acting highway foreman.
Minimum qualifications
• One year of experience as a Transportation Equipment Operator B; or • Two years 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.