Assistant Director, Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 53520
- Class code
- 53520
- Pay scale group
- ST 12
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Assistant Director, Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services is $117,282 to $178,231 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 53520.
- 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 02/10/2024.
What the state says the job is
This is administrative and professional veterinarian work in developing animal and poultry health policies, emergency response planning, and, when necessary, functioning as the acting Bureau Director. The employee in this job develops animal and poultry health policies to ensure the protection of animal agriculture in Pennsylvania. Work includes supervising the Chief of the Regulation and Compliance Division, the Animal/Poultry Health Manager, and the Epizootiology Program Manager; overseeing the development of programs and policies to prevent, detect, control and eradicate animal and poultry diseases; directing the overall development, administration, and coordination of animal and poultry emergency response policies and procedures; and acting as the Bureau Director in his or her absence.
Examples of the work
Coordinates animal emergency response plans and activities in conjunction with Bureau staff and other professional animal health staff. Coordinates the development and administration of all animal health federal grants and cooperative agreements. Develops animal health policies based upon the research and recommendations of subordinates and other animal health professionals, trends in animal diseases, and relevant state and federal regulations. Advises Bureau Director of incidence, prevalence, trends, controls, and best management practices of domestic animal diseases.
Minimum qualifications
Five years of experience as a veterinarian in food animal or poultry preventive medicine, including three years experience in a supervisory capacity directing professional staff. Graduate veterinary training in epidemiology or pathology may be substituted for the required experience on a year-for-year basis. The graduate training must have been gained after attainment of a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Degree.
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.