Food Inspector 1, Agriculture pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 51820
- Class code
- 51820
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- G4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Food Inspector 1, Agriculture is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 51820.
- 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 11/12/2020.
What the state says the job is
This is professional investigative and enforcement work in the inspection of facilities including milk and juice production and egg processing within an assigned geographic area for the Department of Agriculture. An employee in this job is responsible for inspecting and monitoring pasteurized and raw milk farms and facilities, juice processing facilities, egg processing facilities, and produce farms to determine and enforce compliance with state and federal laws and regulations.
Examples of the work
• Inspects dairy and produce farms, milk receiving stations, raw milk dealers, ice cream plants, milk and juice processing plants, retail food establishments, and food distribution, warehousing, and manufacturing facilities to determine and enforce compliance with state and federal regulations pertaining to standards of food safety, processing methods, quality, and sanitation. • Monitors work of Pennsylvania approved inspectors engaged in inspecting and maintaining milk safety standards at dairy farms. • Reviews Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point plans, verifies critical control points, and ensures implementation of corrective action plans at milk and juice facilities.
Minimum qualifications
• One year of experience in the inspection of produce farms, egg processing facilities, dairy farms, milk processing plants, or related food processing facilities, and a bachelor’s degree in food science, food technology, dairy or animal science, 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.