Forest Program Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 54414
- Class code
- 54414
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Forest Program Specialist is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 54414.
- 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 06/01/1989.
What the state says the job is
An employee in this class performs a variety of duties designed to plan, develop, schedule, implement, coordinate, and evaluate statewide forestry programs such as: forest fire protection, prevention and suppression, timber sales, facilities maintenance and construction, road maintenance and construction, forest resources utilization, forest resources planning, insect and disease identification and control, cooperative forest management, forest recreation, employee safety, and forest tree improvement. Work involves developing and recommending statewide goals, objectives, and priorities; developing and recommending program rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and guidelines; establishing program performance indicators, conducting evaluations of district implementation and management of the programs, and preparing reports on findings and recommendations.
Examples of the work
Develops, recommends, implements, coordinates, monitors, and evaluates statewide program activities in one of the statewide programs such as: forest facilities maintenance and construction, timber sales, forest fire prevention and suppression, forest resources utilization, forest resources planning, forest road maintenance, forest insect and disease identification, forest insect spraying programs, cooperative forest management, forest recreation, employee safety, and forest tree improvement. Develops, recommends, implements, coordinates, and evaluates statewide technical program rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
Minimum qualifications
Two years of experience as a Forester; or Two years of experience as a Forest Nursery Assistant Manager; or Any equivalent combination of experience and training which affords the applicant the required knowledges, skills, and abilities.
Special requirements
Possession of a valid motor vehicle operator's license, of the proper class for the vehicles operated, as issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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.