Director, Advanced Science and Research Team, DEP pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 34541
- Class code
- 34541
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director, Advanced Science and Research Team, DEP is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 34541.
- 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 12/06/1995.
What the state says the job is
This is professional managerial work directing the activities of the Advanced Science and Research Team in the Department of Environmental Protection. The Advanced Science and Research Team is responsible for ensuring that the Department uses the best available scientific knowledge and technical information in its decision making and program development. The employee in this class directs the activities of a multi-disciplined and expert-level professional staff engaged in a variety of duties involving the identification, analysis, assessment, prevention or abatement of environmental and public health hazards.
Examples of the work
Directs the activities of the Advanced Science and Research Team by planning and organizing work, assigning projects, determining priorities, setting individual and team objectives, and reviewing work performance. Directs the development and conduct of scientific research projects and the application of specific scientific methods or techniques to agency programs, such as multi-media toxics management, risk assessment and risk management guidelines, health-based and ecology-based cleanup standards, and new technology assessments. Directs the evaluation and development of computer modeling techniques and advanced statistical guidance for environmental sampling, monitoring and remediation.
Minimum qualifications
A Doctorate degree in biology, chemistry, toxicology, environmental statistics, environmental engineering, or a related environmental field, and five years as a supervisor of professional and scientific staff; or Any equivalent combination of education and experience which affords the applicant the required knowledges, skills, and abilities.
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.