Assistant Forest Programs Director pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 54422
- Class code
- 54422
- Pay scale group
- ST 12
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Assistant Forest Programs Director is $117,282 to $178,231 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 54422.
- 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 06/07/2022.
What the state says the job is
This is professional managerial work directing statewide forestry programs and operations for the Bureau of Forestry in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR). An employee in this job oversees statewide forest protection, conservation, and stewardship operations. Work involves managing, planning, developing, and implementing forest health and fire protection, conservation and ecological resources, silviculture, state forest and park lands mineral activity, recreation, and field nursery operations. Work includes assisting the bureau director with preparing bureau budgets and the annual report; and planning, developing, recommending, and implementing statewide forestry rules, policies, procedures, and objectives.
Examples of the work
• Supervises managers responsible for planning, developing, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating regional and statewide forestry health, protection, stewardship, and conservation programs. • Develops, manages, and evaluates forest field operations and programs related to forest lands wildfire, insect, and disease prevention; or timber use, oil and gas leasing, infrastructure, recreation, natural heritage, and nursery wood projects. • Develops, recommends, implements, and evaluates statewide forestry and natural resources program regulations, policies, procedures, goals, and objectives.
Minimum qualifications
• One year of experience as a Forest Field Operations Manager or Forest Planning and Administration Director, DCNR (commonwealth titles); or • Three years of experience as a Forest District Manager or Forest Program Operations Manager (commonwealth titles); or • Nine years of professional experience in natural resources management, which includes four years of supervisory experience involving fiscal management and policy development; and a bachelor’s degree in forestry, natural resources, ecology, ecosystem management, environmental science, or a closely related field; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training, which includes four years of professional and supervisory natural ...
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.