Environmental Laboratory Division Chief, DEP pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 14246
- Class code
- 14246
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Environmental Laboratory Division Chief, DEP is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 14246.
- 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 02/26/2026.
What the state says the job is
This is professional managerial work directing a division in the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Bureau of Laboratories. An employee in this job plans, organizes, and directs laboratory science activities in chemical and biological analysis, technical services, or other related division-level program operations. Work involves directing complex laboratory analysis, overseeing investigational and developmental research to support regulatory and legal needs, and developing and implementing laboratory standards for quality assurance, methodology, operations, and health and safety. Work includes providing consultation to agency staff on sampling collection and analysis, quality assurance, and federal and state compliance standards. Supervision is exercised over professional and technical staff engaged in various areas of laboratory operations.
Examples of the work
• Plans, organizes, and directs laboratory programs and services for environmental sample analysis to support DEP’s monitoring and enforcement of federal and state regulations. • Oversees analysis of environmental samples collected by field staff for program management and enforcement. • Directs research on testing limitations, supervises protocol development, and provides findings for regulatory limits and litigation support. • Produces analytical results and reports for decisions on environmental and public health protection, monitoring and enforcements actions, and public notification activities.
Minimum qualifications
• Two years as a Chemist 4 (Commonwealth title); or • Six years of professional experience in environmental laboratory analysis work that includes two years of supervisory experience and a bachelor’s degree that includes 30 college credits in chemistry, biochemistry, or a closely related field; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes two years of professional supervisory experience in environmental laboratory analysis work and 30 college credits in chemistry, biochemistry, or a closely related field.
Special requirements
• Certain positions require possession of an active motor vehicle license.
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.