Chief, Division of Health and Safety pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 56311
- Class code
- 56311
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Chief, Division of Health and Safety is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 56311.
- 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 12/15/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is professional managerial work in directing statewide programs related to weed management, environmental pesticide programs, farm safety and occupational health, integrated pest management, hemp, and pesticide regulatory control programs in the Department of Agriculture. The employee in this job manages, implements, and enforces Commonwealth statutes, rules, and regulations pertaining to farm safety, controlled plants and noxious weeds, integrated pest management, hemp, and pesticides. Work involves initiating and evaluating new programs and overseeing continuing program efforts in the fields of agromedicine and occupational health, environmental and regulatory pesticide programs, integrated pest management, hemp grower and processor permitting, and noxious weed management.
Examples of the work
• Directs staff in developing and managing statewide programs in weed management, environmental pesticide management, hemp permitting, farm safety, integrated pest management, and pesticide certification and control. • Administers the Farm Safety and Occupational Health Act, Controlled Plant and Noxious Weed Act, Integrated Pest Management in Schools, Notification of Pesticide Treatments at Schools, and the Pesticide Control Act. • Administers all controlled plant, noxious weed, and pesticide program investigations and enforcement activities in collaboration with other state and federal agencies.
Minimum qualifications
• One year of experience as a Pesticide Specialist, Plant Inspection Program Specialist, or Plant Industry Regional Supervisor (Commonwealth titles); or • Four years of professional investigative, enforcement, or advisory experience in an agricultural regulatory program, and a bachelor’s degree in agriculture, biology, or a closely related field; or • Four years of professional investigative, enforcement, or advisory experience in an agricultural regulatory program, and four years of paraprofessional experience implementing an environmental or occupational health and safety program; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training.
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.