Director, Forensic DNA Division, PSP pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 72068
- Class code
- 72068
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director, Forensic DNA Division, PSP is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 72068.
- 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 08/19/2011.
What the state says the job is
This is managerial and advanced professional work in directing the Forensic Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Division in the Pennsylvania State Police. The employee in this job plans, organizes, coordinates, and manages laboratory activities associated with the forensic DNA discipline. Work involves directing the application of forensic DNA analysis; overseeing compliance with quality assurance, accreditation, and legal requirements; preparing requests for and managing grants; analyzing and responding to policy issues involving forensic DNA testing; and coordinating laboratory services with various law enforcement authorities. Work also involves administrative management for the DNA discipline to include resource allocation, personnel selection, training, budget preparation and administration, and asset maintenance.
Examples of the work
Directs, plans, and coordinates, through the supervision of subordinate managers, all aspects of forensic DNA analysis. Directs the development of DNA policies and guidelines for analytical procedures, quality assurance, employee proficiency testing, and training. Serves as the forensic DNA discipline’s Technical Leader, as defined in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Quality Assurance Standards, by administering all DNA laboratory functions. Identifies federal DNA grant opportunities and prepares application packages on behalf of the department. Manages compliance of approved DNA grants with applicable grant provisions, and performs reporting requirements.
Minimum qualifications
Six years of professional laboratory work experience in the chemical and biological analysis of forensic human DNA evidence, including two years in a supervisory capacity, and a master’s degree in chemistry, biology, forensic science, or a closely related physical or natural science which includes or is supplemented by three credits each in molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, and population genetics or statistics as it applies to forensic DNA analysis, with at least three of the twelve credits at the graduate level.
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.