Water Quality Specialist Supervisor pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 75630
- Class code
- 75630
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B5
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Water Quality Specialist Supervisor is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 75630.
- 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 12/01/1978.
What the state says the job is
This is supervisory professional work in the field of water quality management. An employee in this class supervises the daily activities of employees, within as assigned geographical area of the Commonwealth, engaged in the regulation of facilities to insure compliance with the Commonwealth' rules and regulations governing water quality. Work requires supervising the daily activities of employees to insure that goals and objectives are being met; insuring that employees receive all contractual or administrative entitlement; and interpreting assignments, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures for employees. Work involves testifying as an expert witness, establishing priorities for the enforcement of cases, reviewing soil erosion and sedimentation plans, reviewing pollution incident prevention plans, and responding to emergency situations.
Examples of the work
Plans, organizes, schedules, and assigns work to subordinates. Evaluates employee work performance; prepares and signs employee Performance Evaluation Reports. Receives grievances and complaints, conducts initial investigation into causes and conditions, discusses with employee, and resolves or recommends solutions to grievances and complaints. Interviews prospective employees and recommends employee selection or ranks applicants in terms of preferability for employment. Interprets rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and objectives of the organization or program for subordinates.
Minimum qualifications
Two years of experience as a Water Quality Specialist; or Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training which affords the applicant the required knowledges and abilities.
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.