Domestic Animal Health Inspector pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 51110
- Class code
- 51110
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- G4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Domestic Animal Health Inspector is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 51110.
- 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 06/19/2003.
What the state says the job is
This is professional work in the investigation of animal disease and the enforcement of state animal health laws and regulations. An employee in this job is responsible for enforcing Commonwealth laws, rules, and regulations associated with regulatory programs and investigating violations. Work includes collecting samples for diagnostic purposes, inspection and compliance duties, and promoting standards to eliminate diseases found in economically important domestic animals. Work involves handling animals, including the use of physical and chemical restraints, collecting tissue specimens for laboratory examination, and inspecting establishments where animals are housed, sold, or rendered to ensure compliance with standards of cleanliness, quarantine restriction, licensing requirements and other animal disease control measures.
Examples of the work
Inspects and reviews operations where domestic animals are housed, sold, transported, or rendered to ensure compliance with licensing, health certification and identification laws and regulations. Appraises domestic animals for payment of indemnity. Issues quarantine notices and permits to move quarantined animals. Monitors administrative procedures involved with the health certification of domestic animals. Collects various domestic animal wastes, secretions or parts/tissues necessary for disease testing and sends or delivers them to the Pennsylvania Animal Diagnostic Laboratory System.
Minimum qualifications
Graduation from an approved Veterinary Medical Technology Training program and two (2) years of experience in the raising or handling of animals used for a variety of commercial purposes including food animals and farm animals; or A bachelor’s degree in Biology, Animal Science, Dairy Science, Poultry Science, or a closely related area with at least 16 credits in animal science; or An equivalent combination of training and experience.
Special requirements
Current certification as a Poultry Technician or the ability to gain certification during the probationary period. Possession of a valid class C driver’s license issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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.