Forest District Manager pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 54415
- Class code
- 54415
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Forest District Manager is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 54415.
- 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 10/01/1990.
What the state says the job is
An employee in this class directs, through subordinate managers, the activities of employees engaged in the development, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of forest programs within an assigned forest district. Work involves developing program goals, objectives, and priorities; developing, implementing, evaluating, and monitoring adherence to rules, regulations, policies, and procedures; and interpreting rules, regulations, policies, and procedures for subordinates, field personnel, special interest groups, local officials, political representatives, and the public. Work involves developing, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating forestry programs such as: forest fire protection, forest pest control, forest management, forest facilities and road maintenance, cooperative forest management, forest recreation, and forest mineral management.
Examples of the work
Directs, through subordinate managers, the activities of employees engaged in the planning, development, coordination, implementation, and evaluation of forest programs within an assigned forest district. Discusses the proper methods and techniques for performing the work with subordinates and ensures they are being followed, and discusses new methods and techniques for performing work with subordinates including the possibility of implementing them or adapting them for use in the forestry program.
Minimum qualifications
Two years of experience as a Forest Assistant Manager; or Two years of experience as a Forest Nursery Manager; or Two years of experience as a Forest Program Specialist; or A Bachelor's Degree in Forest Management which included nine (3 credit) courses in forestry with a minimum of three (3 credit) courses in the following areas: dendrology, silviculture/forest ecology, biometrics, or forest management; and four years of professional experience, which includes two years of technical supervisory work, in forest management or in 6directing the activities of a Forest Tree Nursery.
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.