Environmental Interpretive Technician pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 54080
- Class code
- 54080
- Pay scale group
- ST 03
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Environmental Interpretive Technician is $36,831 to $54,162 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 54080.
- 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 11/01/1982.
What the state says the job is
This is technical work in the field of environmental education and interpretation services. An employee in this class performs a variety of assignments in the preparation and the implementation of a scheduled environmental interpretive program at a state park. Work involves conducting guided hikes and tours of park buildings and nature centers, and identifying and providing information on park plants and wildlife to park visitors. Work also involves conducting slide programs for senior citizens and youth groups on wildlife, collecting and maintaining nature centers and specimens for exhibits, observing and recording habits of wildlife and their characteristics, and serving as a naturalist in a nature center or museum.
Examples of the work
Participates in coordinating and implementing environmental education and interpretive programs at a state park. Conducts special programs for schools, scouting groups, senior citizens, and social organizations in a state park. Conducts guided hikes, tours of park buildings, and nature centers. Conducts guided tours of parks and identifies and provides information on park plants and wildlife to park visitors. Conducts audio-visual programs for schools, teachers, senior citizens, and other special interest groups. Participates in conducting in-service workshops for teachers on environmental education and interpretive services.
Minimum qualifications
Educational development to the high school level or equivalent level supplemented by at least two college level courses in botany, ornithology, ecology, wildlife, mammalogy, entomology or related courses; or Any 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.