Chief, Division of Veterinary Laboratories pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 53334
- Class code
- 53334
- Pay scale group
- ST 12
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Chief, Division of Veterinary Laboratories is $117,282 to $178,231 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 53334.
- 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 09/24/2026.
What the state says the job is
This is highly responsible professional and administrative work directing the Pennsylvania Veterinary Laboratory in the Department of Agriculture. The employee in this job plans, organizes, and directs programs related to the research, identification, detection, and diagnosis of diseases affecting domestic and wild mammalian, avian, and aquatic species. Work involves developing and implementing policies and procedures designed to ensure efficient laboratory operation; directing the development and evaluation of test methods, procedures, techniques, and systems for the detection of animal diseases; providing laboratory diagnostic consultative services to veterinarians, animal industry enterprises, and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in support of disease control programs; and providing specialized laboratory diagnostic services in support of inter-state and internationa ...
Examples of the work
• Develops and implements policies and procedures designed to ensure efficient laboratory operations. • Directs the development and maintenance of laboratory standards that meet AAVLD accreditation requirements. • Initiates and collaborates with other institutions on applied, developmental, and basic research investigations of animal health and disease. • Directs the laboratory’s diagnostic program for detecting and identifying diseases in domestic and wild mammalian, avian, and aquatic species in the department's laboratory in conjunction with the other laboratories in the system. • Studies, devises, and adopts improved testing and laboratory procedures and methods.
Minimum qualifications
• Five years of professional veterinary experience performing veterinary pathology, veterinary microbiology, or veterinary immunology duties in a research or diagnostic laboratory that includes one year of experience supervising technical and professional staff, and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) or a Veterinariae Medicinae Doctoris (VMD) from an American Veterinary Medical Association accredited college or university; or • One year of professional experience supervising technical and professional veterinary pathology, veterinary microbiology, or veterinary immunology staff in a research or diagnostic laboratory, and current American Veterinary Medical Association Board Certification ...
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.