Director, Bureau of Epidemiology pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 34510
- Class code
- 34510
- Pay scale group
- ST 14
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director, Bureau of Epidemiology is $152,685 to $186,309 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 34510.
- 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 03/29/2010.
What the state says the job is
This is highly responsible managerial, scientific and administrative work directing the development and implementation of statewide epidemiology programs and operations in the Bureau of Epidemiology, Department of Health. The employee in this job serves as the State Epidemiologist and is responsible for ensuring that epidemiologic programs and services are integrated within the overall mission of the Department. Work involves establishing, implementing and coordinating clinical and administrative standards, policies, procedures and plans for statewide programs related to epidemiology and disease control. The employee serves as principal advisor to the Secretary of Health and other high-level decision-makers on the development and administration of the statewide epidemiology and disease control program.
Examples of the work
Directs, through subordinate Epidemiologist Managers and other professional managerial and supervisory personnel, a multi-faceted public health surveillance and assessment program involving infectious disease epidemiology, environmental health epidemiology, community epidemiology and other related programs. Advises the Secretary of Health, the Deputy Secretary for Health Planning and Assessment and other Deputy Secretaries regarding regional disease distributions and containment and control measures as related to public health programs.
Minimum qualifications
One year as an Epidemiologist Manager (Commonwealth of PA job title); or Two years as an Epidemiologist Supervisor (Commonwealth of PA job title); or Possession of a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree; or Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in epidemiology; or Doctoral degree in Medicine (MD), Osteopathy (DO), Dental Surgery/Medicine (DDS/DDM/DMD), or Veterinary Medicine (DVM); or Doctor of Philosphy (PhD) degree in a biological science such as biology, genetics, nursing or virology and a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree or Master of Science (MS) degree in epidemiology; AND five years of professional experience investigating disease outbreaks or clusters, designing and conducting epidem ...
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.