State Game Warden Cadet pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 60100
- Class code
- 60100
- Pay scale group
- ST 04
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- K6
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for State Game Warden Cadet is $45,888 to $45,888 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 60100.
- 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 12/01/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is structured trainee work preparing for assignment as a game warden in a Pennsylvania Game Commission district, group, or unit. An employee in this job receives formal residential classroom and field training to develop understanding and proficiency in game law enforcement policies and procedures, public safety practices, and wildlife conservation work. Work involves participating in training to learn game law interpretation and application, legal and court procedures, wildlife and natural resources conservation techniques, and trapping and hunting regulations and techniques.
Examples of the work
• Participates in a structured law enforcement training program to obtain authority to exercise power of arrest. • Participates in field training assignments by assisting experienced wardens with compliance checks, such as hunting and trapping license verifications; detecting and apprehending persons committing an offense; conducting investigations and interviewing witnesses and suspects; and collecting evidence for legal proceedings. • Participates in field training assignments by assisting experienced wardens with law enforcement patrols, vehicle pursuits, stops, searches, communicating with individuals during law enforcement actions, and conducting the Standardized Field Sobriety Test.
Minimum qualifications
• Graduation from high school or an accredited G.E.D. certification.
Special requirements
• All positions require possession of an active motor vehicle license. • All positions require proof of successful completion of a state-level hunter safety course.
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.