Conservation Program Specialist 2 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 55070
- Class code
- 55070
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B5
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Conservation Program Specialist 2 is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 55070.
- 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 12/01/1974.
What the state says the job is
This is supervisory and administrative professional conservation work associated with the planning and development of specialized conservation activities. An employee in this class is responsible for supervising the state participation in technical conservation activities such as watershed development, erosion and sediment control, soil surveys and conservation district programs in general. A major responsibility of this work involves advising administrative superiors on status of current programs and the feasibility of new ones. Supervision is exercised over a sizeable staff of subordinate professional or technical personnel. Work is performed with considerable independence within general guidelines and is subject to a general review by an administrative superior for effectiveness through conferences, reports, and evaluation of program achievements.
Examples of the work
PERFORMED: Supervises a staff of professional and technical employees maintaining complex records and preparing related reports. Supervises the preparation of preliminary investigations of proposed specialized conservation projects and technical recommendations consolidating the view of the State Conservation Commission. Supervises the state participation in local conservation projects. Reviews and participates in the preparation of feasibility studies on new conservation projects. Represents the State Conservation Commission in matters dealing with many levels of government and their respective roles in the conservation program.
Minimum qualifications
Two years experience as a Conservation Program Specialist 1. or Six years of experience in the application of soil and water conservation practices including four years in a specialized area of soil and water conservation; and such training as may have been gained through a bachelor's degree with a combination of twenty-four (24) credit hours in courses related to Natural or Environment Resources Management, or one of the closely related disciplines. or Any 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.