Corrections Librarian pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 25355
- Class code
- 25355
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- C4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Corrections Librarian is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 25355.
- 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 10/04/2019.
What the state says the job is
This is professional library work planning and directing the operations of a library in a state correctional facility. An employee in this job is responsible for independently implementing library policy, developing library procedures, supervising Corrections Library Assistant work, maintaining general and law libraries, managing the library collection, and preparing justifications for utilization of funds from the Inmate General Welfare Fund to purchase library materials and equipment. Work involves monitoring inmate workers and patrons to ensure they are adhering to agency, facility, and library policies; and assisting inmate workers and patrons in locating, acquiring, and using library resources such as recreational, legal, and reentry materials.
Examples of the work
• Organizes and coordinates the activities of a library program in a state correctional facility. • Develops procedures for the operation of the library program at a state correctional facility. • Manages the library collection through selection, maintenance, development, and evaluation of library materials to meet the needs and interests of inmate patrons. • Purchases new books and periodicals and participates in the budgeting process by preparing library requests and justifications for expenditures from the Inmate General Welfare Fund. • Maintains law library collection and reentry materials in compliance with departmental policies and procedures.
Minimum qualifications
• Five years as a Corrections Library Assistant; or • One year of corrections library experience, and a bachelor’s degree in library science; or • One year of professional library experience, and a bachelor’s degree in library science; or • A master’s degree in library science; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training.
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.