Corrections Forest and Nursery Manager pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 54408
- Class code
- 54408
- Pay scale group
- CM 05
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Corrections Forest and Nursery Manager is $57,467 to $116,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 54408.
- 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 10/18/2016.
What the state says the job is
This is professional forestry and managerial work that involves directing the activities of a forestry camp at a state correctional facility. The employee in this job is responsible for planning, coordinating, developing, implementing, and directing the forest and nursery program activities for the forestry camp at the Rockview State Correctional Institution. Work includes supervising staff responsible for instructing or leading inmates in the performance of forest and nursery work details; preparing an annual operating plan; developing and ensuring that program goals, objectives, and priorities are met; developing and implementing program policies and procedures; supervising, directing, coordinating, and implementing forest and nursery program activities; and overseeing the training, care, custody, and control of inmates assigned to the Camp.
Examples of the work
•Plans, schedules, develops, directs, coordinates, and evaluates forest and nurseryprogram activities at the forestry camp. •Manages forest and nursery program activities including: scouting for and identifyinghazardous and diseased trees; wildfire suppression; forest road and trailmaintenance; forestry vehicle maintenance; timber harvesting; herbicide application;forest pest management; forest soil erosion and stream sedimentation; selectingtrees, shrubs, flowers, and produce propagated and cultivated for sale anddistribution; and determining planting schedules. •Coordinates food and medical services for the inmates housed at the forestry camp.
Minimum qualifications
• Two years of professional forestry experience; 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 CM schedule.