Fisheries Biologist 1, PFBC pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 14750
- Class code
- 14750
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Fisheries Biologist 1, PFBC is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 14750.
- 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 04/30/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is beginning level professional work in the field of fisheries biology. An employee in this job performs beginning level assignments in fisheries management, environmental services, aquatic habitat enhancement and restoration, and fish production. Work involves applying fish biology theories, procedures, and methods to examine, research, and analyze data; formulate hypothesis; evaluate results; and prepare reports for routine field or laboratory assignments.
Examples of the work
• Assists higher-level Fisheries Biologists in conducting studies, investigations, and research projects by gathering and analyzing data, formulating recommendations, and writing reports of findings. • Prepares for and conducts routine field, office, and laboratory projects and studies to assess aquatic organisms, fisheries, and aquatic habitats. • Assists in developing resource sampling survey designs, conducts surveys, collects, and analyzes data, and prepares related draft reports to monitor fish populations and fisheries, and to assess the effectiveness of stocking, harvest limits, and regulations.
Minimum qualifications
• A bachelor’s degree in a biological science that includes or is supplemented by 12 college credits in fish biology, fisheries management, fish population dynamics, ichthyology, limnology, fish ecology, aquatic ecology, watershed ecology and management, wetland ecology and management, herpetology, freshwater entomology, fish culture, fish physiology, fish pathology, biometrics, or other courses closely related to fisheries science or aquatic ecology; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes 12 college credits in fish biology, fisheries management, fish population dynamics, ichthyology, limnology, fish ecology, aquatic ecology, watershed ecology and management, ...
Special requirements
• All positions require possession of a valid 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.