Recreation and Conservation Manager 2 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 55150
- Class code
- 55150
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Recreation and Conservation Manager 2 is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 55150.
- 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 02/01/2020.
What the state says the job is
This is advanced professional and managerial recreation and conservation work as a division chief in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. An employee in this job is responsible for directing professional staff in providing advisory services for recreation, parks, conservation planning, development, and administration to local governmental officials to increase quality and quantity of community park, recreation, and conservation programs and facilities. Work involves managing, through subordinate supervisors or managers, the operation of major programs aimed at improving park, recreation, and community center facilities, programs, and services at the local level; preserving open space and cultural resources; and promoting economic development and tourism activities.
Examples of the work
• Manages major recreation and conservation programs, overseeing the development and evaluation of administrative and fiscal standards, and the operational aspects of the program. • Determines, within broad policy guidelines, how to operate programs to meet changing needs and achieve intended results. • Assists in the preparation, monitoring, and evaluation of bureau objectives, budgets, and legislative initiatives. • Directs the activities of subordinate managers and their staff who are engaged in providing recreation, park, and conservation advisory services. • Reviews oral and written justifications for projects.
Minimum qualifications
• One year of experience as a Recreation and Conservation Manager 1 (commonwealth title); or • Five years of professional experience in parks, recreation, or natural resource conservation administration, planning, or development, including one year of supervisory experience; 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 that includes one year of professional supervisory experience.
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.