Director, Bureau of Food and Nutrition, PDE pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 21295
- Class code
- 21295
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- C3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director, Bureau of Food and Nutrition, PDE is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 21295.
- 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 09/25/2025.
What the state says the job is
This is highly responsible managerial work directing the Bureau of Food and Nutrition in the Department of Education (PDE). The employee in this job directs the planning, development, formulation, and administration of policies and procedures of food and nutrition programs. Work involves implementing federal or state food and nutrition programs in accordance with law and regulations; analyzing legislation and recommending revisions to proposed legislation; establishing program goals, objectives, and action plans; overseeing the development and submission of state plans to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); overseeing the proper receipt and use of federal funding; seeking opportunities to expand access to nutrition programs through new programs and grants; directing the design, development, evaluation, and analysis of new or expanded projects and initiatives designed to i ...
Examples of the work
• Directs the development and formulation of policies, procedures, and methods for implementing food and nutrition programs, including the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Afterschool Snack Program, Summer Food Service Program, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, Community Eligibility Provision, Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer, and Universal Free Breakfast Program. • Ensures policy and procedure implementation is compliant with federal and state legislation and regulations. • Functions as the liaison between the department and USDA pertaining to policy level operations and decisions.
Minimum qualifications
• Seven years of professional experience in food and nutrition or food service management that includes two years of supervisory experience, and a bachelor’s degree in food and nutrition, food service management, dietetics, family and consumer sciences, nutrition education, culinary arts, business, or a related field; or • Five years of professional experience in food and nutrition or food service management that includes two years of supervisory experience, and a master’s degree in food and nutrition, food service management, dietetics, family and consumer sciences, nutrition education, culinary arts, business, or a related field; or • Three years of professional supervisory experience in f ...
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.