Forest Health Geneticist, DCNR pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 54261
- Class code
- 54261
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Forest Health Geneticist, DCNR is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 54261.
- 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 05/31/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is professional work in a forest tree improvement and breeding program in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR). An employee in this job plans, organizes, and directs a statewide program for large-scale breeding and selection projects designed to sustain and improve the overall quality of commonwealth forests. Work involves formulating departmental policy and developing management plans to address forest genetics, tree breeding, and forest improvement programs; documenting and retaining information on the genetic infrastructure associated with terrestrial plant communities throughout state forests; and collaborating with botanists, naturalists, entomologists, plant pathologists, and agency experts to document, evaluate, and preserve unique genotypes associated with select plant communities within the commonwealth’s genetic infrastructure.
Examples of the work
• Directs and develops projects and programs focused on the characterization, detection, and collection of unique plant genotypes, including those that are disease and insect pest resistant or uniquely positioned related to select edaphic or topographic features. • Plans, oversees, and participates in genetic data collection as well as bioinformatic record keeping and archiving. • Directs and facilitates characterization of genetic accessions for submission to local, regional, and national repositories. • Develops and maintains an archive of geospatial position data referencing accession source locations and seed orchard maps.
Minimum qualifications
• Two years of professional experience in forest genetics; and a master’s degree in forest genetics or a closely related field; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes two years of professional experience in forest genetics.
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.