Food and Nutrition Program Manager pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 21280
- Class code
- 21280
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- C3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Food and Nutrition Program Manager is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 21280.
- 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 09/25/2025.
What the state says the job is
This is advanced professional and managerial work in directing a statewide food and nutrition program and related nutrition education. An employee in this job is responsible for administering and coordinating the planning, development, expansion, implementation, and evaluation of one or more federal child and adult nutrition programs within the Commonwealth. Work involves ensuring program administration and operations are consistent with federal and state statutes and regulations; evaluating food nutrition programs at the state and local level; overseeing the development and assessment of nutrition program training; and drafting policies and standard operating procedures in compliance with federal law, regulations, and guidance. Work includes supervising a professional staff that includes at least one Education Administration Supervisor or a position at a comparable level.
Examples of the work
• Plans, directs, and coordinates the overall operation of a statewide food and nutrition program. • Directs the work of professional and technical staff in monitoring and reviewing the operation of food and nutrition programs for compliance with administrative, programmatic, electronic data processing, and fiscal rules and regulations. • Evaluates program effectiveness and efficiency to determine the need for improvements and modifies program services accordingly. • Coordinates the collection, review, analysis, and preparation of program data for submission to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Education.
Minimum qualifications
• Six years of professional program management experience in education or public health that includes three years managing food and nutrition programs, one of which was supervisory; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes three years of professional experience managing food and nutrition programs in education or public health, one of which was supervisory.
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.