Livestock Worker 2 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 50010
- Class code
- 50010
- Pay scale group
- ST 03
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- J1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Livestock Worker 2 is $36,831 to $54,162 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 50010.
- 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 04/06/2004.
What the state says the job is
This is lead work or advanced manual work in general farm activities or specialized animal care and custody. Employees in this job are lead workers over Livestock Workers 1 engaged in routine farming work or specialized animal care and custody, or perform advanced farming work or animal care and custody work of equal responsibility. Advanced work includes calibrating and operating breathalyzer machines, operating complicated farm machinery, or responsibility for custody of samples collected from livestock, racehorses, or poultry. Work involves the application of skill and/or judgment while engaged in these activities. Employees receive guidance and direction from a superior through conferences, verbal instructions, and on-site inspections of their activities.
Examples of the work
Assigns and reviews the work of lower-level livestock workers who perform routine manual farm work, animal care and custody, and/or sample collection activities. Operates breathalyzer equipment or complicated farm machinery such as a Total Mixed Ration Feed Grinder. Prepares and maintains custody of samples taken from animals, including the custody of split samples that are being contested. Presents results of breathalyzer tests at hearings before Harness Racing Judges and at administrative fact finding hearings. Trains new employees in the operation of complicated farm machinery and equipment, and the techniques for splitting and packaging blood samples.
Minimum qualifications
Two years of practical experience in general farming work or animal custody work including either lead work experience or experience in the operation of complicated farm machinery and equipment; and such training as may have been gained through completion of the eighth school grade; or An 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.