Natural Resource Program Specialist 1 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 54900
- Class code
- 54900
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Natural Resource Program Specialist 1 is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 54900.
- 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 11/09/2020.
What the state says the job is
This is professional work planning, developing, and implementing a small-scale natural resource program or project, or a component of a large-scale natural resource program or project designed to manage, protect, conserve, promote, and enhance natural resources within Pennsylvania. An employee in this job performs research, conducts studies, and analyzes data to develop a natural resource program or project or educate the public on a program or project.
Examples of the work
• Develops and implements small-scale natural resource programs in the areas of aquatic vegetation control, lake management, agricultural leases, right-of-way and road use agreements, regional greenways and open space planning, and the DCNR Volunteer Program. • Develops and implements components of large-scale programs such as PA Wilds; Rails to Trails; wildlife habitat, wild plant, or wetland management; ecological communities; and invasive species. • Develops small-scale interpretive projects such as wayside exhibits, fact sheets, and youth programs, or regionally based educational programs and products for public and school audiences.
Minimum qualifications
• Two years of professional experience in natural resource management or natural resource education; and a bachelor's degree in natural resource management, parks and recreation, education, biology, forestry, ecology, geosciences, environmental sciences, or a closely related field; 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.