Seed Program Administrator pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 52490
- Class code
- 52490
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Seed Program Administrator is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 52490.
- 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 11/30/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is administrative and professional work in planning, directing, and coordinating a statewide seed certification, inspection, and testing program. The employee in this job develops and directs a field and laboratory seed identification and seed certification program to ensure that commercial or certified seeds comply with uniform standards of purity and germination. Work involves supervising laboratory staff engaged in the testing and analysis of seeds, and field staff engaged in seed certification field inspections and regulatory seed sampling. Work includes conducting the most complex seed analyses and coordinating field inspections, statewide regulatory seed sampling, seed testing, and certification programs with related state and federal programs.
Examples of the work
• Supervises staff engaged in laboratory seed testing and analysis, including purity analyses, germination tests, and noxious weed examinations. • Supervises staff engaged in seed crop field inspections to determine if seeds produced should be certified. • Performs complex analyses involving seeds and plants that are difficult to identify. • Monitors changes in federal rules and regulations governing the sale, labeling, and certification of seeds to ensure compliance. • Monitors proposed state legislation relevant to seeds and develops proposed amendments to rules and regulations under the Pennsylvania Seed Act.
Minimum qualifications
• Two years of experience as a Seed Laboratory Supervisor (commonwealth title); or • Six years of technical experience performing seed testing in a laboratory setting subject to standards set forth by the AOSA, including two years of supervisory experience; and three years of technical laboratory experience in the plant industry field; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes two years of technical supervisory experience performing seed testing in a laboratory setting subject to standards set forth by the AOSA.
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.