Transportation Planning Specialist 1 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 11670
- Class code
- 11670
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Transportation Planning Specialist 1 is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 11670.
- 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 11/30/2012.
What the state says the job is
This is professional work in transportation planning and programming in the Department of Transportation involving highway, mass transit, aviation, rail freight, port, or waterway systems. An employee in this job participates in the development and maintenance of statewide, regional, or district-wide transportation plans and programs. Work involves participating in the development of project program schedules, funding plans, and budgets; preparing applicable reports; collecting, validating, analyzing, and projecting transportation planning and programming data; assigning traffic volumes to proposed highway locations; validating aviation demand forecasts at statewide airport locations; providing strategic management support; performing highway functional classification activities; or conducting transportation studies.
Examples of the work
In the Central Office, assists in developing and monitoring a schedule for project implementation consistent with state, regional, or district funding capabilities and in developing capital budget information. Coordinates the implementation and monitoring of activities identified in the annual statewide, regional, and district unified planning work programs. Compiles, analyzes, and projects land use, travel, and other data. Assists in performing strategic planning studies related to varied aspects of the organization or to specific transportation issues. Reviews and analyzes financing mechanisms and state and federal legislation.
Minimum qualifications
One year as a Transportation Planning Specialist Trainee; or One year of professional transportation planning or transportation programming experience and a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, environmental engineering, electrical engineering, mathematics, statistics, planning, computer science, or geography; 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.
Nearby classes in Pennsylvania
Transportation Planning Specialist 1 in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | $59,760 | $80,496 | $59,760 to $80,496 |
Each state publishes its own range for a classification with this exact title. Duties, grade structures and bargaining units differ between states, so read each class page before comparing.