Wildland Fire Supervisor pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 54060
- Class code
- 54060
- Pay scale group
- ST 05
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- J2
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Wildland Fire Supervisor is $46,827 to $70,592 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 54060.
- 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 07/31/2025.
What the state says the job is
This is technical and supervisory work in wildfire prevention, detection, and suppression work. An employee in this job implements components of a wildland fire program for a forest district and supervises employees responsible for wildfire prevention, detection, and suppression. Work involves developing relationships with cooperator and volunteer resources; coordinating, organizing, and assigning wildfire preparedness and suppression duties to employees, cooperators, and volunteers; developing and implementing operational plans for prescribed fires; and developing and implementing the training, methods, and procedures necessary to accomplish this work.
Examples of the work
• Develops, maintains, and implements components of the district wildland fire program. • Responds to wildland fire emergencies utilizing the incident command system and national and agency standards, policies, protocols, and procedures. • Plans, organizes, assigns, and directs the duties of employees, cooperators, and volunteer wildland fire fighters during active wildland fires. • Develops the operational plan for prescribed fires to include determining necessary resources, operational tactics, firing methods, holding methods, organizational needs, and logistical considerations.
Minimum qualifications
• Twenty-four months of experience as a Wildland Fire Responder (Commonwealth title); or • Twenty-four months of wildland fire prevention and suppression experience; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training which includes six months of wildland fire prevention and suppression experience.
Special requirements
• All positions require completion of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Firefighter Type 2 (FFT2) training at the time of hire. • All employees must complete the NWCG Wildland Fire Observations and Origin Scene Protection for First Responders (FI-110) training within six months from th ...
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.