Dietary Management Services Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 81570
- Class code
- 81570
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Dietary Management Services Specialist is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 81570.
- 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 04/17/2019.
What the state says the job is
This is professional, administrative, and consultative work in the development, implementation, and coordination of statewide food service, dietary, and nutritional care programs in the central office of a commonwealth agency. An employee in this job is responsible for developing, implementing, administering, and evaluating statewide programs and services involving food service, dietetics, and/or nutritional care. Work involves analyzing and evaluating agency food service, dietary, and nutritional care programs; developing, recommending, and implementing solutions and recommendations for program changes; reviewing, revising, developing, and implementing policies and procedures; and conducting audits of food service operations to ensure compliance with regulations and standards.
Examples of the work
• Develops, implements, administers, and evaluates statewide food service, dietary, and nutritional care programs. • Develops, recommends, and implements applicable policies and procedures. • Provides direction regarding food service operations including dietary services, nutritional care programs, food service/dietary automated systems applications, equipment and supplies, staff scheduling and utilization, food purchases, quality, preparation and storage, and meal service. • Conducts on-site audits of food service operations, dietary services, and nutritional care programs and operations to ensure compliance with regulations and standards.
Minimum qualifications
• Three years of dietary experience in an institutional food service operation, food catering service, restaurant, or a similar large-scale food production operation, and a bachelor’s degree in food science, nutrition, dietetics, food service, culinary arts, or a related field; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training which includes three years of dietary experience in an institutional food service operation, food catering service, restaurant, or a similar large-scale food production operation.
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.