Ecological Program Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 54485
- Class code
- 54485
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Ecological Program Specialist is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 54485.
- 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 04/06/2020.
What the state says the job is
This is professional scientific work in the planning and coordination of a statewide ecological program designed to protect, conserve, and manage plant and wildlife resources and their habitats. An employee in this job plans, develops, coordinates, and promotes an agency ecological program involving wild plant conservation, natural heritage programs, ecological communities, hydrology, watershed restoration, forest ecology, forest soils, wildlife and fisheries habitat management, ecological resource inventory and monitoring, and natural resource conservation. Work includes developing and recommending goals, objectives, and priorities; developing and recommending program rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and guidelines; establishing program performance indicators; analyzing data and trends; and preparing reports of findings and recommendations.
Examples of the work
•Develops, recommends, and implements technical program rules, regulations,policies, procedures, goals, objectives, and priorities. •Evaluates and addresses the training needs of field personnel performing programactivities. •Interprets technical program goals, policies, procedures, and standards for fieldpersonnel and other staff. •Investigates new methods, techniques, and research findings and determines if theyare appropriate to the program. •Serves as the agency burn boss by coordinating fire crews, checking equipment,observing weather conditions, notifying the proper authorities, and directing theimplementation of a prescribed fire.
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.