Wildlife Maintenance Propagator pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 61320
- Class code
- 61320
- Pay scale group
- ST 04
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- J1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Wildlife Maintenance Propagator is $41,506 to $61,927 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 61320.
- 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 01/24/2003.
What the state says the job is
This is specialized technical, skilled trades and equipment maintenance and operation work at a game farm in the Pennsylvania Game Commission in the propagation, care and distribution of pheasants and other game birds. An employee in this class performs a variety of technical duties in the breeding, hatching, brooding, feeding and care of a large number of pheasants and other game birds; performs farming work, utilizing good conservation practices, crop rotation, and herbicides application; performs skilled trades work in the construction, maintenance and repair of facilities, grounds, automotive and farm equipment and machinery; and operates and performs maintenance and repairs on specialized equipment.
Examples of the work
Performs technical work in the breeding, hatching, brooding, feeding, and care of a large number of game birds. Performs field necropsy. Takes blood samples and administers medication to game birds under direct supervision. Participates in the selection of breeder stock. Sets up and maintains breeder fields in a clean sanitary condition. Collects eggs, sanitizes and stores in egg refrigeration locker. Maintains feed and water system for breeding birds. Performs hatchery operations including pre operational inspection of equipment and disinfection of facilities. Monitors incubator and hatchery equipment and notifies supervisor of problems.
Minimum qualifications
Six months propagation experience working at a breeding facility that produces a minimum of 1000 game birds, which includes skilled maintenance and trades work utilized in building construction and equipment maintenance and operation.
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.