UCC Building Plans Examiner pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 12050
- Class code
- 12050
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- G1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for UCC Building Plans Examiner is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 12050.
- 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 03/28/2008.
What the state says the job is
This is technical work in the examination and approval of architectural plans and specifications for public and private buildings and facilities for compliance with the Uniform Construction Code (UCC) and other applicable state laws and regulations. An employee in this job examines architectural plans and specifications pertaining to the construction, alteration and use of industrial, commercial, assembly, educational, health care, institutional and other public and private buildings and facilities to determine compliance with building, accessibility, fire safety, energy conservation and one or more of the following: electrical, mechanical, plumbing or other code required under the UCC.
Examples of the work
Examines and approves architectural plans and specifications to determine compliance with building, accessibility, fire safety, energy conservation and one or more of the following: electrical, mechanical, plumbing or other code required under the UCC. Recommends modifications to applicant plans to achieve compliance with building and safety standards. Explains building and safety laws and regulations, including appeal procedures for variances, to architects, contractors, property owners and other parties. Prepares correspondence to answer inquiries regarding plan reviews. Calculates plan approval fees to assure that the proper fee is paid for services rendered.
Minimum qualifications
Successful completion of the UCC Building Plans Examiner Trainee program; or Three years of experience in commercial, industrial or other public use building construction, design or inspection work which involved the application of state building code laws and regulations.
Special requirements
Valid certification issued by the Department of Labor and Industry, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as an Accessibility Inspector/Plans Examiner. All positions in this job also require one of the following valid certifications issued by the Department of Labor and Industry, Commonwealth of Pennsylvani ...
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.