Plant Pathology Supervisor pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 56301
- Class code
- 56301
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B5
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Plant Pathology Supervisor is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 56301.
- 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 05/31/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is professional and supervisory work in the diagnostic testing, detection, management, and prevention of plant diseases, and the administration of surveys and certification programs to protect Pennsylvania agriculture and natural resources from plant pathogens. An employee in this job oversees the diagnosis of regulatory plant diseases, develops diagnostic tools and methods for detecting pathogens, and provides training and consultation for statewide pathogen programs. Work involves developing and coordinating national and state surveys on emerging plant diseases; analyzing and presenting survey results to agency officials and stakeholders; assessing the risk associated with plant pathogens on nursery stock; and recommending regulatory strategies to prevent, control, and delimit plant pathogens.
Examples of the work
• Supervises professional, technical, or non-technical staff engaged in plant pathology program activities. • Plans, supervises, and conducts macroscopic, microscopic, serological, molecular, and biological tests and examinations of diseased plants to detect fungi, bacteria, nematodes, and viruses. • Designs, conducts, and implements national and statewide surveys related to high-consequence plant pathogens, evaluates survey results, and presents findings to department staff and other stakeholders. • Develops and improves laboratory techniques for accurate and rapid diagnosis of plant pathogens.
Minimum qualifications
• Two years as a Plant Pathologist (commonwealth title); or • Three years of professional laboratory experience in the analysis, detection, or control of plant diseases and a bachelor’s degree in agricultural studies, botany, horticulture, environmental science, microbiology, or a related field that includes 15 college credits in plant sciences; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes fifteen college credits in plant sciences.
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.