Ecological Program Supervisor pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 54490
- Class code
- 54490
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Ecological Program Supervisor is $78,925 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 54490.
- 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 supervisory work directing a statewide ecological program designed to protect, conserve, and manage plant and wildlife resources and their habitats. An employee in this job supervises the activities of ecological professionals by reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating the development and implementation of agency ecological programs to include 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.
Examples of the work
• Develops, evaluates, and adjusts technical program goals, objectives, and priorities. • Conducts evaluations to determine the effectiveness and implementation of agency ecological programs. • Develops statewide ecological inventory and monitoring programs. • Prepares recommendations designed to improve program efficiency and effectiveness, ensure uniformity of action, and facilitate achieving established goals.
Minimum qualifications
• One year of experience as an Ecological Program Specialist, Forest Program Specialist, Natural Resource Program Specialist 2, or Wildlife Biologist 3 (commonwealth titles); or • Two years as a Forest Assistant Manager (commonwealth title) or • Four years of professional experience in the management of plant, wildlife, or natural resources and bachelor's degree in biology, botany, ecology, environmental science, forestry, natural resources management, or a closely related field; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training.
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.