Corrections Maintenance Foreman pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 98560
- Class code
- 98560
- Pay scale group
- CO 35
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- H1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Corrections Maintenance Foreman is $49,010 to $98,728 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 98560.
- 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 09/30/2016.
What the state says the job is
This is work in the care, custody, and control of an inmate work crew assigned to perform general maintenance, repairs, construction, and groundskeeping work in and around a state correctional facility. An employee in this job performs and leads inmates in the performance of various tasks in the repair and maintenance of buildings and equipment as well as new construction and renovation projects and the cleaning and groundskeeping of facility buildings and surrounding grounds. Work involves the performance of semi-skilled and skilled journey-level work in the various trades, such as plumbing, electrical, and carpentry. Work also includes responsibility and accountability for the custody, discipline, and security of inmates assigned to the work crew and the efficient accomplishment of work assignments.
Examples of the work
• Performs and leads inmates in the performance of a variety of building and equipment repair, maintenance, construction, cleaning, and groundskeeping tasks. • Trains inmates in the proper repair and maintenance of buildings and equipment. • Performs, leads, or assists in the performance of carpentry, plumbing, painting, electrical, roofing, refrigeration, masonry, plastering, steam-fitting, welding, machinery repair, and related projects. • Requisitions necessary supplies and equipment. • Maintains records and submits reports pertaining to supplies, equipment, and personnel. • Performs related work as required.
Minimum qualifications
• Four years of experience performing building maintenance, construction, or general trades work; 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 CO schedule.