Botany Weed Specialist Agriculture pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 52511
- Class code
- 52511
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Botany Weed Specialist Agriculture is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 52511.
- 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 12/21/2016.
What the state says the job is
This is professional work in the field of botany and weed science in the Bureau of Plant Industry in the Department of Agriculture. An employee in this job administers the Pennsylvania Noxious Weed Control Act by providing guidance and advice for statewide programs to governmental and private officials. Work includes responsibility for providing taxonomic and botanical direction and services for regional bureau staff, other department and commonwealth agency staff, poison control centers, farmers, and the public. An employee in this job plans, implements, and evaluates statewide plant surveys for weed species and plants injurious to animals or humans and provides weed control information to regional employees and the public. Work is performed with considerable independence within the framework of departmental policies and in accordance with standard scientific and technical practices.
Examples of the work
• Reviews and analyzes scientific data to determine the need for statewide surveys. • Implements field surveys and management plans to control specific plant and weed problems based on scientific information. • Receives noxious weed complaints, conducts associated field assessments, and writes control notices under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Noxious Weed Control Act. • Acts as a curator of the Pennsylvania Herbarium Museum using standard botanical measures for all specimens. • Identifies various kinds of plants, including both woody and herbaceous species.
Minimum qualifications
• Two years of professional experience in botany and weed science and a bachelor's degree in botany, horticulture, agronomy, or a closely related field; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes one year of professional experience in botany and weed science.
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.