Food Service Worker 1 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 81010
- Class code
- 81010
- Pay scale group
- ST 02
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- N1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Food Service Worker 1 is $32,724 to $47,863 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 81010.
- 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 05/01/1973.
What the state says the job is
This is food service work in the performance of routine tasks in an institutional food service operation. An employee in this class performs routine work which can readily be learned on-the-job. Instructions for work assignments are received both orally and in writing. Work is closely supervised and inspected for the conformance to pre-established work standards. CHARACTERISTIC WORK ASSIGNMENTS: Employees may be required to perform related duties other than those stated in this section. Food Preparation Cleans, washes, peels, cores, chops, slices, dices, and soaks vegetables. Steams, boils, and deep fat fries vegetables; fries, grills, and mashes potatoes; prepares sandwiches; and tosses, blends, molds, and assembles salads. Greases pans, trays, and bags bread items; ices cakes, drops cookies, fills pie shells and donuts; and fries donuts.
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.
Nearby classes in Pennsylvania
Food Service Worker 1 in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | $34,312 | $42,565 | $34,312 to $42,565 |
Each state publishes its own range for a classification with this exact title. Duties, grade structures and bargaining units differ between states, so read each class page before comparing.