DCNR Ranger Operations Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 74780
- Class code
- 74780
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- R3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for DCNR Ranger Operations Specialist is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 74780.
- 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 10/30/2019.
What the state says the job is
This is advisory, consultative, and technical work involving public contact and service, public safety, and law enforcement at state parks and state forest lands in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR). An employee in this job is responsible for providing technical advice, consultation, policy interpretation, and training related to public contact and service, public safety, and law enforcement to program managers, Park Managers, Forest District Managers, DCNR Rangers, and DCNR Ranger Supervisors.
Examples of the work
• Provides consultation, advice, and training on public contact and service, public safety, and law enforcement processes, procedures, and strategies to program managers, Park Managers, Forest District Managers, DCNR Rangers, and DCNR Ranger Supervisors. • Develops and evaluates statewide program rules, regulations, policies, and procedures related to public contact and service, public safety, and law enforcement. • Drafts and revises directives of law enforcement policies and procedures. • Assesses training and development needs for DCNR Rangers, DCNR Ranger Trainees, and DCNR Ranger Supervisors working in state parks and state forest lands.
Minimum qualifications
• Two years of experience as a DCNR Ranger Supervisor; or • Three years of experience as a DCNR Ranger.
Special requirements
• All positions require an active commission as a State Park or State Forest Officer that includes powers of arrest. • All positions require possession of an active Pennsylvania non-commercial Class C driver’s license or equivalent.
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.