Veterinary Laboratory Diagnostician pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 53320
- Class code
- 53320
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Veterinary Laboratory Diagnostician is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 53320.
- 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 09/24/2026.
What the state says the job is
This is professional work performing animal disease diagnostic services in the full service statewide diagnostic laboratory in the Department of Agriculture. An employee in this job conducts veterinary laboratory examinations to detect and diagnose diseases of mammalian, avian, and other species. Work involves developing, evaluating, and implementing new laboratory diagnostic policies, tests, and procedures; performing antemortem and postmortem examination of mammals and birds to detect and diagnose diseases; identifying, interpreting, and reporting abnormalities in the carcasses of animals; and participating in the development and implementation of animal disease control policies and programs. Work may involve supervision over laboratory staff.
Examples of the work
• Performs veterinary laboratory examinations for the detection and diagnosis of diseases in mammals and birds. • Conducts diagnostic work following standard or enhanced biosafety and biosecurity operating procedures during an animal health disease outbreak. • Serves as the coordinator for cases submitted to the laboratory involving autopsy, field autopsy, and biopsy of mammalian, avian, and other species. • Examines specimens to determine evidence or presence of disease and prepares reports of test results. • Conducts antemortem inspection of live animals or gross inspection of animal carcasses.
Minimum qualifications
• One year of professional experience as a veterinarian in the research or diagnosis of mammal or bird diseases and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) or a Veterinariae Medicinae Doctoris (VMD) from an American Veterinary Medical Association accredited college or university; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training.
Special requirements
• Certain positions require possession of an active license to practice veterinary medicine as issued by a state board of veterinary medicine. Employees hired into such positions must obtain an active license to practice veterinary medicine issued by the Pennsylvania State Board of Veterinary Medici ...
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.