Chief, Food Safety Division pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 51530
- Class code
- 51530
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- G3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Chief, Food Safety Division is $78,925 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 51530.
- 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 09/30/2016.
What the state says the job is
This is professional managerial work directing food safety and seasonal farm labor camp programs administered by the Department of Agriculture. The employee in this job is responsible for planning and directing the statewide food safety and seasonal farm labor camp investigation and enforcement programs through subordinate supervisors. Work involves interpreting laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the food and restaurant industry and seasonal farm labor camps including the Pennsylvania Food and Milk Law, Pennsylvania Frozen Dessert Law, Pennsylvania Public Eating and Drinking Place Law, and the Pennsylvania Seasonal Farm Labor Law; coordinating the activities of regional food inspection staff in conjunction with municipal, state, and federal agencies; developing proposed legislation and regulations; and developing training programs for regulatory and food industry personnel in foo ...
Examples of the work
• Directs the Department’s statewide food safety inspection, investigation, and enforcement program and the seasonal farm labor camp program. • Recommends, reviews, and drafts revisions to existing or proposed state food safety policies, procedures, rules, regulations, and legislation. • Directs the development of food safety and inspection training for regulators and food industry personnel. • Directs the development of food-related licensing and registration programs for vendors and processors of food products sold in Pennsylvania.
Minimum qualifications
• Two years as a Regional Food Safety Supervisor; or • Six years of experience in the inspection of food establishments or food processing facilities, which included two years as supervisor, and a bachelor's degree in food science, food technology, or a closely related field; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training, which included two years of experience supervising the inspection of food establishments or food processing facilities.
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.