Chief Parole Hearing Officer pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 46310
- Class code
- 46310
- Pay scale group
- ST 12
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- G3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Chief Parole Hearing Officer is $117,282 to $178,231 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 46310.
- 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 04/28/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is quasi-judicial managerial work in directing the adjudication of parole hearings and conducting parole interviews within the Parole Board. The employee in this job is responsible for directing and managing the statewide operations of Parole Hearing Officers engaged in conducting all parole hearings, interviews, recommendations, and determinations in accordance with applicable laws and policies governing the disposition of parole cases. Work involves developing and recommending modifications to agency policy regarding the parole hearing process, evaluating Board efficiency in the area of parole hearing operations, recommending policy modifications to ensure compliance with legal statutes and current case law, and implementing policy in accordance with Board mandates.
Examples of the work
• Plans, organizes, and directs parole hearing office operations to include workflow, staffing and equipment needs, and coordination of Parole Hearing Officer schedules. • Formulates and implements policies related to the parole hearing process. • Serves as the advisor to the Chairman of the Board, Board Secretary, and Chief Counsel for all issues related to the parole hearing process. • Determines the effectiveness of parole hearing operations and individual Parole Hearing Officer performance to ensure rules, regulations, policies, and procedures are being followed.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as a Deputy Chief Parole Hearing Officer (commonwealth title); or • Eight years of professional experience in parole, probation, or criminal justice dealing with persons involved in criminal or delinquent activities or programs concerned with such individuals, including one year in a supervisory capacity; and a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, social work, or a closely related field; or • Eight years of professional experience in parole, probation, criminal justice, or social work dealing with persons involved in criminal or delinquent activities, or programs concerned with such individuals, including one year in a supervisory capacity; and four years of paraprofessional exp ...
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.