Public Health Veterinarian pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 34470
- Class code
- 34470
- Pay scale group
- ST 12
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Public Health Veterinarian is $117,282 to $178,231 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 34470.
- 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 06/14/2016.
What the state says the job is
This is highly responsible professional and scientific work administering the statewide veterinary public health program in the Department of Health. The employee in this job provides program direction, subject matter expertise, and consultation on veterinary public health epidemiology and preventive medicine in order to protect the public from exposure to zoonotic and vector borne diseases. Work involves directing the investigation, surveillance, control, and reporting of zoonotic and vector borne disease agents, including infectious diseases, communicable diseases, and endemic and emerging threats; directing, designing, and implementing intervention and prevention strategies; and developing, implementing, and coordinating related plans, policies, and procedures.
Examples of the work
• Provides consultative services to department executives and staff; other state agencies; municipal, county, and local health departments; public and private health organizations; the medical community; and the public on statewide veterinary public health, veterinary preventive medicine, and zoonotic, vector borne, or related disease issues. • Develops statewide plans, policies, and procedures to ensure that mandated communicable disease and infectious disease public health reporting is coordinated with, and incorporates, zoonosis infectious disease reporting.
Minimum qualifications
• Three years of professional experience investigating zoonotic disease outbreaks or clusters, including or supplemented by one year designing or maintaining zoonotic disease surveillance systems, and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine or Veterinariae Medicinae Doctoris degree; or Two years of professional experience investigating zoonotic disease outbreaks or clusters, including or supplemented by one year designing or maintaining zoonotic disease surveillance systems, and a Master’s degree in Public Health or Epidemiology, and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine or Veterinariae Medicinae Doctoris degree.
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.
Nearby classes in Pennsylvania
Public Health Veterinarian in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | $36.01 | $50.37 | $74,901 to $104,770 |
Each state publishes its own range for a classification with this exact title. Duties, grade structures and bargaining units differ between states, so read each class page before comparing.