Corrections Counselor 2 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 47540
- Class code
- 47540
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Corrections Counselor 2 is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 47540.
- 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 03/26/2026.
What the state says the job is
This is professional work in providing counseling and casework services to incarcerated individuals or residents in a state correctional facility. An employee in this job performs a variety of complex counseling and casework management duties to incarcerated individuals at a state correctional institution or residents at a community corrections center. Work involves managing a caseload, utilizing a multi-disciplinary approach to coordinate treatment objectives, and providing counseling to incarcerated individuals or residents who demonstrate significantly disruptive, violent, or insubordinate behavior and adjustment problems, which requires considerable independence in selecting an appropriate course of action for which established guidelines and standards are not clear, to influence change in attitude and behavior.
Examples of the work
• Provides intensive and extensive counseling services to incarcerated individuals or residents. • Provides counseling to incarcerated individuals assigned to restricted housing units, special needs units, or special management units as a result of disruptive and violent behavior; or due to physical, mental, or emotional limitations that prevent them from functioning within the general population. • Provides counseling to residents at a community corrections center who have significant physical, mental, or emotional problems, including residents who have received sanctions for behavior while on parole or residents pending return to a state correctional institution due to their behavior.
Minimum qualifications
• Successful completion of the Corrections Counselor 1 (Commonwealth title) training program; or • One year of professional counseling or casework experience in a correctional facility, and a bachelor’s degree including 18 college credits in any combination of sociology, counseling, psychology, social work, corrections, criminal justice, or a related field; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes one year of professional counseling or casework experience in a correctional facility and 18 college credits in any combination of sociology, counseling, psychology, social work, corrections, criminal justice, or a related field.
Special requirements
• All employees must obtain Commonwealth Law Enforcement Assistance Network (CLEAN) and Pennsylvania Justice Network (JNET) certification within two months of employment and maintain certification for the duration of employment in this job.
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.