Director, Scientific Services Division, PSP pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 72070
- Class code
- 72070
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director, Scientific Services Division, PSP is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 72070.
- 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 08/03/2020.
What the state says the job is
This is managerial and advanced professional work directing the Scientific Services Division in the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP). The employee in this job plans and directs multiple forensic science disciplines for the Bureau of Forensic Services. Work involves overseeing, through subordinate managers, the operation of regional forensic laboratories and their scientific evaluations of physical, chemical, and biological evidence. Work includes developing policies, standards, and procedures; developing and implementing new forensic scientific services programs within the division; ensuring laboratories and forensic services comply with quality assurance, accreditation, and legal requirements; identifying equipment and staffing needs; preparing, implementing, and monitoring the division’s budget; and assessing new forensic methodologies and technologies for implementation.
Examples of the work
• Directs the development and implementation of forensic services programs that are consistent with applicable laws and regulations in order to meet the Bureau of Forensic Services’ needs. • Develops and implements program goals, policies, standards, and procedures for the division’s statewide forensic services programs. • Monitors, reviews, and interprets legislation impacting the division’s forensic services. • Monitors forensic services caseloads and performance and directs the reassignment of cases between laboratories to avoid or reduce backlogs.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as a Forensic Services Program Manager (commonwealth title); or • One year as a Forensic Laboratory Manager (commonwealth title); or • One year as a Forensic DNA Quality Assurance Program Manager (commonwealth title); or • Six years of professional laboratory experience in the chemical, physical, or biological analysis and comparison of criminal evidence, including two years in a supervisory capacity, and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biology, forensic science, or a closely related physical or natural science which includes or is supplemented by 16 college credits in chemistry.
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.