Transportation Planning Technician pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 11659
- Class code
- 11659
- Pay scale group
- ST 05
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Transportation Planning Technician is $46,827 to $70,592 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 11659.
- 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 technical and analytical work in a portion of a transportation planning program in the Department of Transportation. An employee in this job performs a variety of technical duties encompassing the collection, interpretation, input, and analysis of transportation planning data. Work involves analyzing data on a statewide, regional, or district-wide basis for technical studies; coordinating comprehensive and widely dispersed traffic planning field data collection studies; or organizing and analyzing district-wide program data. Work involves assisting in providing performance reports to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and developing reports for agency policy makers. Work is performed with considerable independence, with general instructions received from a supervisor who reviews work upon completion for adherence to technical standards and policies, and results obtained.
Examples of the work
Assists in the analysis of traffic count data to calculate present traffic volumes. Conducts independent statewide or regional reviews and inventories data for use in revising and updating highway maps. Conducts diagnostic tests to ensure weigh-in-motion equipment is functioning properly. Analyzes weight data for accuracy and validity. Assists in the evaluation of proposed changes to the functional classification of highways. Validates, analyzes, and extrapolates field traffic data for assigned geographic areas.
Minimum qualifications
One year experience as an Engineering Technician; or One year of technical transportation planning work experience and an associate's degree in mathematics, statistics, civil engineering technology, environmental engineering technology, electrical engineering technology, 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.