Recreation and Conservation Manager 1 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 55140
- Class code
- 55140
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Recreation and Conservation Manager 1 is $78,925 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 55140.
- 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 01/01/2020.
What the state says the job is
This is professional and supervisory work in directing recreation and conservation programs in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. An employee in this job supervises and coordinates the activities of professional staff engaged in the planning, development, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of statewide recreation and conservation programs. Work involves developing and recommending long and short-range program goals, objectives, and priorities; directing the development, implementation, and evaluation of programs; and developing new and revised program and process controls.
Examples of the work
• Supervises and directs the activities of professional staff engaged in developing, recommending, implementing, coordinating, monitoring, and evaluating statewide recreation and conservation programs. • Supervises the delivery of recreation, parks, and conservation advisory services to local governmental officials. • Supervises and directs regional recreation and conservation program activities and manages unusual or sensitive regional projects and initiatives. • Develops, implements, directs, coordinates, evaluates, and adjusts long- range and short-range recreation and conservation program goals, objectives, and priorities.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as a Recreation and Conservation Program Specialist (commonwealth title); or • Four years of professional experience in parks, recreation, or natural resource conservation administration, planning, or development; and a bachelor’s degree in parks and recreation, landscape architecture, environmental sciences, city, regional, urban, or environmental planning, or a closely related field; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training.
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.