Utility Relocation Technician pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 17370
- Class code
- 17370
- Pay scale group
- ST 05
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Utility Relocation Technician is $46,827 to $70,592 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 17370.
- 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 09/27/2013.
What the state says the job is
This is technical work in the Department of Transportation involving the relocation and inspection of public and private utilities in areas of proposed roadway and bridge construction. An employee in this job is responsible for performing a variety of technical duties to assist in effecting relocation of communication, television, fiber optic, electric, gas, oil, crude products, water, steam, sanitary waste, power, or pipe-line utilities from areas of proposed roadway and bridge construction. Work includes the review of construction plans for utility relocations with limited complexity and the inspection of relocation activities to ensure compliance with permits or agreements.
Examples of the work
Participates in planning feasible utility relocations on projects with limited complexity prior to the completion of the final design for proposed construction. Reviews proposed construction plans for utility relocations of department force projects to include paint, bridge preservation and guiderail construction projects. Reviews proposed construction plans for utility relocations of surface treatment projects to include mill and overlay. Reviews proposed construction plans for utility relocations of transportation enhancement projects to include bike paths, walking trails, small box culvert replacement and beautification projects.
Minimum qualifications
One year as an Engineering Technician performing utility relocation work; or One year of technical utility relocation work experience and an associate’s degree in surveying, civil engineering, or in a design and drafting technology; or An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes one year of technical experience performing utility relocation work.
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.