Corrections Officer 5 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 47250
- Class code
- 47250
- Pay scale group
- CM 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- H3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Corrections Officer 5 is $70,338 to $142,103 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 47250.
- 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 08/03/2020.
What the state says the job is
This is professional correctional and managerial work in administering the security program or directing the unit management teams, and providing non-professional counseling to inmates in a state correctional institution, or functioning at the agency level as an administrator within the central office of the Department of Corrections. An employee in this job in a correctional facility is responsible for directing and managing the custodial security or treatment programs according to the policies and procedures of the Department of Corrections. Work involves overseeing inmate cell block activity, monitoring staff and inmate work assignments, and establishing standards for security or unit management operations.
Examples of the work
• Plans and supervises the facility security or unit management operations program within a state correctional facility. • Supervises and provides non-professional counseling of inmates on issues related to facility adjustment as well as matters of a personal nature. • Observes inmate behavior and takes appropriate action when anything unusual is detected. • Develops and implements procedures in crisis intervention and prevention. • Conducts inspections of the facility on a regular basis to determine that security operations are appropriately administered. • Conducts and participates in staff meetings, local labor/management meetings, and other meetings.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as a Corrections Officer 4 (commonwealth job title); or • Six years of professional correctional experience in a Pennsylvania state or county correctional facility, including three years of supervisory experience. (Note: Persons employed 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.