Public Health Toxicologist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 34590
- Class code
- 34590
- Pay scale group
- ST 12
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Public Health Toxicologist is $117,282 to $178,231 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 34590.
- 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 05/26/2017.
What the state says the job is
This is highly responsible professional and scientific work administering the statewide public health toxicology program. The employee in this job provides program direction, subject matter expertise, and consultation on toxicological issues to protect the public from exposure to toxicological and environmental hazards. Work involves providing health assessments of the implications of environmental and toxicological exposures; developing and publishing technical toxicological guidance documents on environmental health threats; reviewing and commenting on environmental legislation, governmental reports, and technical materials; representing the department on governmental advisory boards, commissions, and workgroups; and providing expert testimony at state legislative hearings on toxicological issues.
Examples of the work
• Develops and publishes fact sheets on toxic chemicals of public health significance. • Develops public health advisories and assessments about the health effects of environmental exposures. • Develops and publishes action guidelines for chemicals that are not assigned an action level by the Environmental Protection Agency or the Food and Drug Administration. • Analyzes data, reviews reports and statistics, interprets findings, and prepares final reports on studies. • Interprets animal studies and reviews epidemiological studies to assess human health effects. • Writes health consultations for individuals potentially exposed to hazardous substances.
Minimum qualifications
• Three years of post-doctoral experience in the field of toxicology or pharmacology, which includes two years of consultative experience in toxicology; and a doctoral degree in toxicology or a closely related field.
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.