Transportation Planning Specialist 2 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 11680
- Class code
- 11680
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Transportation Planning Specialist 2 is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 11680.
- 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 advanced 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 independently coordinates the development, update, and maintenance of statewide, regional, or district-wide transportation plans and programs. Work involves developing project program schedules, funding plans, and budgets; preparing reports relative to these plans and programs; 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
Develops and monitors a program and schedule for project implementation in the area of highway construction and restoration, bridge rehabilitation and replacement, highway congestion and safety, public transportation, mass transit, rail freight, or airport development consistent with state funding capabilities or available funds. In the Central Office, develops and monitors the statewide aviation improvement program and schedule for project implementation in the areas of airport planning, intermodal development, environmental compliance, navigational hazard mitigation, land/easement acquisition, facility improvements, and equipment procurement.
Minimum qualifications
One year of experience as a Transportation Planning Specialist 1; or Two years 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 2 in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | $66,072 | $88,788 | $66,072 to $88,788 |
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.