Historical Horticulturalist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 26640
- Class code
- 26640
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- C4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Historical Horticulturalist is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 26640.
- 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 08/01/1988.
What the state says the job is
This is professional horticultural work in the science and art of preparing plants, trees, and shrubs for gardens, orchards and landscapes for historic sites and museums. An employee in this class is responsible for performing research to determine the type of plants that grew at a period of time that may be historically significant for a site or museum. Work involves responsibility for recreating gardens and landscape to resemble historical periods through planting and care of flowers, grass, trees and shrubs to aid in the historical interpretation of the site.
Examples of the work
Performs research to determine the flora, gardens, landscape, and use of plant material. Replicates or reconstructs period planting, gardens, and landscapes which are historically accurate. Reviews catalogues to determine availability of original historic or replicate plant materials and works with other museums or historic sites, arboreta, and gardens to affect plant locations, purchases, and exchanges. Develops landscape and garden plans and provides interpretation. Prepares beds, maintains landscape, arbors, gardens, orchards, small fruits, agronomic crops and pastures, shaped ornamentals, ornamental trees and shrubs as appropriate.
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's Degree in Horticulture with one year experience working in horticulture. or A Master's Degree in Horticulture; or Any equivalent combination of experience and training.
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.