Chief, Division of Agronomic and Regional Services pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 51531
- Class code
- 51531
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Chief, Division of Agronomic and Regional Services is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 51531.
- 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 05/17/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is managerial work directing statewide agronomic regulatory programs and managing plant industry regional operations for the Department of Agriculture. The employee in this job manages agronomic programs, through subordinate staff, to ensure the effective regulation of animal feeds, fertilizers, soil and plant amendments, seeds, and liming materials. Work involves directing and evaluating program services related to agronomic product registration, licensing, sampling, and inspection; civil and criminal legal actions; consumer complaint investigations; product contamination inquiries; and seed analysis and certification.
Examples of the work
• Manages agronomic programs regulating animal feeds, fertilizers, soil and plant amendments, seeds, and liming materials. • Directs and evaluates regional product inspections and investigations, manufacturer and distributor registration and licensing, seed laboratory and seed certification programs, and central office compliance functions for production and labeling. • Directs and oversees penalty actions, prosecutions, and penalty collections for violations of agronomic products laws and regulations.
Minimum qualifications
• Four years of professional experience in an agricultural regulatory program, including or supplemented by two years of professional supervisory experience, 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 • An equivalent combination of experience and training, including two years of professional supervisory experience which includes or is supplemented by one year of professional experience in an agricultural regulatory program.
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.