Forest Health Manager, DCNR pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 54432
- Class code
- 54432
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Forest Health Manager, DCNR is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 54432.
- 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 10/24/2000.
What the state says the job is
This is professional managerial work directing the Commonwealth-wide Forest Pest Management Program in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The employee in this class directs, through subordinate managers, the planning, development, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of the Forest Pest Management Program in the Bureau of Forestry's Division of Forest Pest Management. Work involves directing a statewide program concerned with the identification, prevention, detection, evaluation, and suppression of forest pests on both public and private lands.
Examples of the work
Plans, organizes, and directs a statewide program concerned with the identification, prevention, evaluation, detection, and suppression of forest pests. Develops, implements, directs, coordinates, and evaluates program goals, objectives and priorities. Directs the development of program rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and standards. Coordinates program activities with the U.S. Forest Service, other Commonwealth agencies, local governments, and private landowners. Develops and manages the program budget and ensures program activities are consistent with budgetary resources.
Minimum qualifications
One year as a Forest Health Supervisor, DCNR or Forest Pest Suppression Supervisor, DCNR; or Six years of professional experience in the field of forest pest management which included two years of experience supervising technical employees; plus a bachelor's degree in Biology, Forestry, Entomology, Pathology, Forest Entomology, Forest Ecology, or Forest Pathology, and a master's degree in any of these fields; or Seven years of professional experience in forest pest management which included two years of experience supervising technical employees, and a bachelor's degree in Biology, Forestry, Entomology, Pathology, Forest Entomology, Forest Ecology, or Forest Pathology; or An equivalent combi ...
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.