Plant Industry Lab Technician pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 56420
- Class code
- 56420
- Pay scale group
- ST 05
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- G1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Plant Industry Lab Technician is $46,827 to $70,592 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 56420.
- 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 09/09/1994.
What the state says the job is
This is technical work in botany, entomology, plant pathology, and seed science. An employee in this class performs a variety of procedures in any one or more of the following areas: seed testing; isolating and identifying plant pests (fungi, bacteria, nematodes, viruses, insects, mites, and weeds); diagnosis of biotic and abiotic diseases; field and greenhouse studies and surveys for plant pests and beneficial organisms; isolation and identification of bee disease organisms; literature searches for studies on plant pests; and maintenance of the arthropod, plant and plant pathogen collections. Conducts plant science experiments, including biological, chemical and cultural control of plant pests. Work may involve conducting field surveys to collect and observe plant pests, including cultural and pesticide studies.
Examples of the work
Uses accepted scientific procedures to prepare, culture and identify plants, plant pathogens, plant diseases, abiotic symptoms, insects and mites, diseases of honey bees, and seeds. Conducts plant science experiments and cultural, field plot and pesticide studies. Conducts basic laboratory, greenhouse and field studies on plant pests, plants and seeds. Collects and records data from surveys for economically important plants, insects and mites, plant diseases, and honey bee diseases, both domestic and exotic.
Minimum qualifications
An Associate Degree in Agronomy, Horticulture, Plant Science, or a related field plus one year of laboratory experience in the field of plant industry. or Three years of laboratory experience in the field of plant industry and training which includes 15 college credits in biological sciences related to plant industry. or Any equivalent combination of experience and training which includes 15 college credits in biological sciences related to plant industry.
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.