Plant Pathology Program Manager pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 56305
- Class code
- 56305
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Plant Pathology Program Manager is $78,925 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 56305.
- 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 04/11/2000.
What the state says the job is
This is professional managerial work in the field of plant pathology in the Department of Agriculture's Plant Protection Division. The employee in this class is responsible for directing and coordinating plant pathology field and laboratory studies involving survey/detection, diagnosis, certification and registration activities, methods development, and disease management; specialty areas include, but are not limited to bacteriology, epidemiology, mycology, nematology, phytotoxicology, and virology. Work involves supervising investigations that support regulatory and pest management programs, including developing new techniques in the detection, diagnosis and management of plant diseases.
Examples of the work
Supervises professional staff in charge of statewide programs in survey/detection, diagnosis, certification and registration, methods development, and disease management in support of plant regulatory activities. Oversees the development of certification and registration programs designed to provide growers/producers with the best management practices to obtain "pest free" plants and plant products. Develops regulations for implementation of certification and registration programs. Supervises the development of new methods enabling faster, more efficient isolation and identification of plant diseases.
Minimum qualifications
Two years of experience as a Plant Pathologist Supervisor or a Plant Inspection Program Specialist; or A bachelor's degree in plant pathology or a related field, plus four years of plant pathology regulatory experience; or A master's degree in plant pathology or a related field and three years of plant pathology regulatory experience; or Any equivalent combination of experience and training which affords the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
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.