Agronomic Program Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 51515
- Class code
- 51515
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- G3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Agronomic Program Specialist is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 51515.
- 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 04/30/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is professional work planning, directing, and coordinating a statewide agronomic products regulatory program for the Department of Agriculture. An employee in this job plans, develops, directs, and coordinates agronomic product programs and standards to ensure compliance with commonwealth laws. Work involves recommending revisions to agronomic program laws and regulations, ensuring that programs meet federal requirements and federal grant deliverables, and recommending penalties for violations of the law.
Examples of the work
• Oversees program planning and coordination to ensure regulatory compliance of agronomic products, such as feed, fertilizer, liming materials, and soil and plant amendments marketed in the commonwealth. • Recommends revisions to agronomic product laws and regulations to improve program effectiveness and ensure public safety. • Develops and coordinates new statewide agronomic products compliance programs and standards, such as the Animal Feed Regulatory Program Standards. • Consults with management and staff to ensure programs meet federal requirements and federal grant deliverables. • Investigates reported incidents of potential contamination, mislabeling, and misuse of agronomic products.
Minimum qualifications
• One year of experience as an Agronomic Products Inspector or a Plant Inspector (commonwealth titles); or • Three years of professional experience conducting regulatory or quality assurance inspections of agronomic products or facilities; and a bachelor’s degree in agricultural science, agribusiness management, agricultural and extension education, animal science, biological engineering, plant science, or a closely related field; or • Three years of professional experience conducting regulatory or quality assurance inspections of agronomic products or facilities; and four years of paraprofessional experience applying quality, safety, and efficacy protocols of agronomic products for manufact ...
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.