Forest and Planning Administration Director, DCNR pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 54420
- Class code
- 54420
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Forest and Planning Administration Director, DCNR is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 54420.
- 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 06/07/2022.
What the state says the job is
This is professional managerial work directing natural resource planning and communication and administrative support functions for the Bureau of Forestry in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR). An employee in this job oversees, through subordinate program and field managers, statewide forest resource planning, forest conservation outreach, and administrative services. Work involves directing and facilitating Bureau of Forestry operations, including forest resource assessment, forest planning, performance-based budgeting, and program evaluation; providing reports to senior management; and developing outreach and partnership strategies with stakeholders, partners, and government officials.
Examples of the work
• Supervises staff responsible for resource planning, such as strategic forest plans, land acquisition, and geospatial technology applications; communications, public education, and outreach; and business services, such as budgets, procurement, staffing and general support functions for the bureau. • Determines operational and administrative forestry program needs, such as forest assessments and planning, budgeting, and staffing. • Oversees the development of bureau budgets, including the capital budget for public improvement projects and the operating budget.
Minimum qualifications
• Two years of experience as a Forest District Manager or Forest Program Operations Manager (commonwealth titles); or • Eight years of professional experience in natural resources management, which includes four years of supervisory experience involving fiscal management and policy development; and a bachelor’s degree in forestry, natural resources, ecology, ecosystem management, environmental science, or a closely related field; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training, which includes four years of professional and supervisory natural resources management experience involving fiscal management and policy development.
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.