Wildlife Management Program Chief pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 62140
- Class code
- 62140
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Wildlife Management Program Chief is $78,925 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 62140.
- 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 01/02/2008.
What the state says the job is
This is professional and managerial work directing statewide wildlife management and conservation programs for a division within the Pennsylvania Game Commission. An employee in this job serves as a division chief and is responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating a major statewide wildlife management and conservation program. Work involves developing program goals, objectives and priorities and evaluating program effectiveness of statewide wildlife management and conservation programs; developing, recommending and implementing wildlife management and conservation rules, regulations, procedures and policies; interpreting technical rules, regulations and procedures for subordinates, field personnel and the public; ensuring compliance with agency and bureau goals; developing and managing program budgets; and recommending legislative changes regarding wildlife management and co ...
Examples of the work
Directs the development and implementation of statewide and regional wildlife management and conservation programs including game and furbearer population monitoring and harvest management programs; endangered, threatened and non-hunted species population monitoring and restorations programs; or wildlife health monitoring and disease response, wildlife research and statistical analysis, and pheasant propagation programs. Develops, implements and evaluates technical wildlife management program goals, objectives and strategies. Directs the preparation, review, approval and implementation of long-range wildlife species management plans.
Minimum qualifications
Two years experience as a Wildlife Biologist 3; or Five years of experience in the development and evaluation of a wildlife management program that includes two years of supervisory experience; and a master's degree in Wildlife Management, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Ecology, Wildlife Science, or a closely related wildlife science degree; or An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes two years of experience supervising staff responsible for the development and evaluation of a wildlife management program.
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.