Plant Inspector pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 56421
- Class code
- 56421
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- G4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Plant Inspector is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 56421.
- 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 05/13/1999.
What the state says the job is
This is professional, investigative and enforcement work in an assigned geographic area involving inspection of agricultural products, including nursery stock and greenhouse crops, and specific agronomic products including retail pesticides, retail fertilizer and retail seeds for the Department of Agriculture. An employee in this class interprets Commonwealth laws, rules and regulations associated with varied regulatory programs involving the above agricultural products and agronomic products.
Examples of the work
Inspects agricultural product establishments such as nurseries, greenhouses, tree farms, and agronomic products retail establishments for proper storage, record keeping, sanitation, employee training, worker safety and proper plant permits. Investigates and resolves complaints involving plant pests and pesticide worker protection in all types of plant propagation establishments to prevent plant and human harm; and conducts investigations in suspected cases to determine the validity of, and/or eliminating the cause of the plant or human harm. Determines violations of plant pest and noxious weed laws and regulations and prepares investigative reports.
Minimum qualifications
Two years of experience in the inspection of agricultural (nursery stock and greenhouse crops) or agronomic products (pesticides, fertilizers and seeds) and a bachelor's degree in agricultural sciences or biological sciences or in a closely related area. or Four years of experience in the inspection of agricultural (nursery stock and greenhouse crops) or agronomic products (pesticides, fertilizers and seeds) and an associate degree in agricultural sciences or biological sciences or in a closely related area. or Any equivalent combination of experience and training which affords an applicant the Required Knowledges, Skills, and Abilities.
Special requirements
Possession of a valid Class C driver's license 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.