Food Inspector 2, Agriculture pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 51519
- Class code
- 51519
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- G4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Food Inspector 2, Agriculture is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 51519.
- 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 food establishments and processing facilities within an assigned geographic area for the Department of Agriculture. An employee in this job is responsible for interpreting state and federal laws and regulations associated with varied regulatory programs involving the inspection of food products, food vendor facilities, food processing plants, retail food facilities, school cafeterias, and food distribution centers.
Examples of the work
• Inspects food establishments, such as canneries, food processors, shellfish plants, seafood plants, bottling plants, bakeries, confectionery manufacturers, retail frozen dessert manufacturers, food distributors, bottled water plants, retail food stores, and eating and drinking establishments, for proper food preparation and processing, safe water supply, lighting, ventilation systems, garbage and refuse disposal systems, vector control, use of food additives, cleanliness, and food labeling.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as a Food Inspector 1, Agriculture (commonwealth title); or • Two years of experience in the inspection of food establishments or food processing facilities, and a bachelor's degree in food science, food technology, 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.