Water Quality Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 75610
- Class code
- 75610
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Water Quality Specialist is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 75610.
- 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 professional work in the field of water quality management. An employee in this class performs a variety of duties, within an assigned geographical area of the Commonwealth, involving the regulation of facilities to insure compliance with the Commonwealth's rules and regulations governing water quality management. Work requires the application of these rules and regulations during the conduct of inspections, investigations, enforcement and survey activities.
Examples of the work
Inspects steel industries for discharges or treatment facilities; reviews operational reports; collects water samples; conducts field tests such as pH, water temperature, dissolved oxygen, and conductivity; reviews pollution incident prevention plans; and determines if facility is operating according to permit conditions. Inspects petrochemical industries for discharges or treatment facilities; reviews operational reports; collects water samples; conducts field tests such as pH, water temperature, dissolved oxygen, and conductivity; reviews pollution incident prevention plans; and determines if facility is operating according to permit conditions.
Minimum qualifications
Successful completion of the training program for the Water Quality Specialist Trainee; or Any equivalent combination of experience and 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.