Corrections Machinist Trade Instructor pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 98870
- Class code
- 98870
- Pay scale group
- CO 37
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- H1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Corrections Machinist Trade Instructor is $53,036 to $107,095 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 98870.
- 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 11/02/2018.
What the state says the job is
This is journey level machinist trades work in the vocational training of inmates at a state correctional facility. An employee in this job provides structured on-the-job training and shop instruction for the vocational training of inmates in the machinist trade to promote employability upon reintegration to the community. Work involves the close supervision and instruction of inmates during classroom and on-the-job training and work assignments. Employees are responsible for the care, custody, and control of inmates during training and work assignments. Work is received in the form of work orders which may be accompanied by drawings, sketches, blueprints, or models. Employees independently determine procedures, tools, equipment, and materials to be used by inmates during vocational training and assignments.
Examples of the work
• Instructs inmates in the practices, methods, and procedures of the machinist trade using appropriate lesson plans and training materials. • Uses and explains drawings, sketches, blueprints, and models. • Demonstrates, explains, and instructs on the methods, procedures, materials, and tools used in the shaping and fashioning of metal items by using lathes, shapers, planers, drill presses, milling machines, taps, dies, and reamers as well as the use of micrometers and other precision-type measuring devices. • Plans and assigns work to inmates receiving machinist training and reviews and inspects work in progress and upon completion for adherence to machinist trade standards.
Minimum qualifications
• Five years of experience in the set-up and operation of varied equipment utilized in the fabrication of metal parts or tools; or • Completion of an approved apprenticeship in the machinist trade; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training which includes one year of journey level work in the machinist trade.
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 CO schedule.