Corrections Officer 3 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 47230
- Class code
- 47230
- Pay scale group
- CM 04
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- H3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Corrections Officer 3 is $53,692 to $108,402 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 47230.
- 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 02/10/2017.
What the state says the job is
This is supervisory and/or administrative work in the care, custody, control, and non-professional counseling of inmates on an assigned shift in a state correctional facility, or supervisory and/or administrative work within the Central Office of the Department of Corrections. An employee in this job in a correctional facility is responsible for observing and directing the activities of subordinate corrections officers and inmates during an assigned shift to ensure security is maintained and facility rules are adhered to, or performs administrative duties of equivalent scope and complexity. An employee in this job may also assume sole authority and responsibility for facility operations on an assigned shift where a higher-level corrections officer is not assigned and in the absence of an administrative supervisor.
Examples of the work
• Supervises and directs the security functions of subordinate corrections officers. • Directs facility operations, such as, security, food service, plant maintenance, medical services, and recreation on an assigned shift where a higher-level corrections officer is not assigned and in the absence of an administrative supervisor. • Supervises and participates in searches of inmates and visitors and inspections of facility grounds and buildings to ensure conformance with departmental policies and procedures and documents any violations. • Supervises and provides non-professional counseling to inmates on issues related to facility adjustment as well as matters of a personal nature.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as a Corrections Officer 2 (Commonwealth job title); or • Four years of experience in corrections security work in a Pennsylvania state or county corrections facility. (Note: Persons seeking employment under this option will be required to successfully complete, or have completed, a training program conducted by the Department of Corrections.)
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 CM schedule.