Director, Bureau of Food Assistance, Agriculture pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 02590
- Class code
- 02590
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director, Bureau of Food Assistance, Agriculture is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 02590.
- 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 08/18/2022.
What the state says the job is
This is responsible administrative work in directing the statewide program for the distribution of government-donated foods in the Department of Agriculture. The employee in this job plans, directs, and coordinates Pennsylvania's food assistance program, through the distribution of government-donated food to eligible outlets. Work involves coordinating state and federally-funded food distribution programs in compliance with state and federal standards and adapting these standards to serve the needs of diversified state-related food programs. Work includes developing close working relationships with federal and state officials in administering the program and monitoring results to ensure that the terms of agreements are properly discharged. Work also involves developing and maintaining a system of accountability for commodities at the state and recipient agency levels.
Examples of the work
• Plans, directs, and coordinates the acquisition, allocation, and distribution of federal government-donated foods to eligible outlets. • Plans, directs, and coordinates the distribution of State Food Purchase Program funds to county lead agencies, ensuring that counties comply with all requirements. • Adapts federal standards to state requirements and confers with officials at all levels of government in administering and evaluating the overall food distribution program. • Directs the allocation of donated commodities to eligible recipient agencies in an equitable and cost-effective manner. • Inspects food storage facilities.
Minimum qualifications
• Six years of administrative experience in the acquisition and distribution of government donated foods, which includes three years of supervisory experience, and a bachelor's degree; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training, which includes three years of supervisory experience in the acquisition and distribution of government donated foods.
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.