Tunnel Maintainer pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 91410
- Class code
- 91410
- Pay scale group
- ST 04
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- J1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Tunnel Maintainer is $41,506 to $61,927 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 91410.
- 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 04/01/2022.
What the state says the job is
This is skilled work in the maintenance and repair of highway tunnels and the skilled operation of single-chassis trucks. An employee in this job maintains, monitors, and repairs highway tunnels, equipment, and adjacent tunnel areas and facilities. Work involves operating skid steers, front loaders, single-chassis trucks, and other equipment to ensure that tunnels are clean, functional, and free from obstructions. Work includes moving disabled vehicles, plowing snow, clearing debris, mowing grass, repairing tunnel surfaces and plumbing fixtures, and cleaning surfaces and equipment. Work also includes directing traffic, conducting traffic counts, monitoring air quality systems, and utilizing emergency equipment and incident command principles to assist first responders.
Examples of the work
• Repairs tile and concrete surfaces in the tunnel ceilings, walls, steps, curbs, doors, and plaza area roadways and sidewalks. • Maintains and repairs plumbing fixtures, valves, and water lines in and around tunnels. • Removes snow from tunnel approaches and applies deicers and anti-skid materials on icy and snow-covered areas in and around the tunnel. • Operates large and medium sized single-chassis tow trucks to remove disabled vehicles from tunnels. • Operates tunnel wash trucks or water trucks to clean dirt and chlorides off tunnel walls. • Operates skid steers and front loaders to brush and clean up debris and garbage from road surfaces.
Minimum qualifications
• Two years of experience in roadway maintenance and repair, emergency services, towing and roadside assistance, or traffic control work; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training.
Special requirements
• All positions require possession of an active Medical Examiner’s Certificate in accordance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Regulations. • All employees must demonstrate successful operation of equipment with a manual transmission.
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.