Director of Dietetic Services pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 81420
- Class code
- 81420
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- N3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director of Dietetic Services is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 81420.
- 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 03/26/2026.
What the state says the job is
This is professional and administrative work directing a food service operation in a Commonwealth facility. An employee in this job plans, organizes, and directs the overall operations of the food service department at a Commonwealth facility. Work involves directing and coordinating menu planning, nutritional care, purchasing, staffing, food preparation, food service, sanitation, safety, and quality assurance. Work includes developing and implementing policies and procedures and maintaining compliance with approved standards and regulatory requirements for dietetic services as required by a variety of accrediting organizations and regulatory agencies. Supervision is exercised over supervisory or managerial and other dietary staff. Work is reviewed by an administrator through conferences, reports, and evaluation of overall effectiveness.
Examples of the work
• Directs and oversees the dietary department at a Commonwealth facility including administrative operations, menu planning, food preparation and service, regulatory compliance, and the provision of nutritional care. • Approves all regular and modified menus within the parameters of nutritional adequacy, facility and departmental goals and objectives, physiological needs, food preferences, cost, variety, and quality. • Oversees the complete program of patient nutritional care, which includes components such as nutritional assessments and discharge summaries, diet counseling, chart entries, treatment team participation, and a nutrition education program.
Minimum qualifications
• Three years of experience in the supervision of food preparation activities in an institutional food service or institutional food production operation, and a bachelor’s degree in food science, nutrition, dietetics, food service, culinary arts, or a related field; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes three years of experience in the supervision of food preparation activities in an institutional food service or institutional food production operation.
Special requirements
• Certain positions require active certification as a Registered Dietitian (RD) or a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) as issued by the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, or proof of eligibility for such certification.
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.