Corrections Religious and Volunteer Services Administrator pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 47901
- Class code
- 47901
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Corrections Religious and Volunteer Services Administrator is $78,925 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 47901.
- 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 03/01/2021.
What the state says the job is
This is professional and administrative work directing the religious and volunteer services programing in the Department of Corrections (DOC). The employee in this job plans, develops, and administers religious and volunteer services programing to ensure quality services are provided to the inmate population. Work involves developing and implementing policies and procedures consistent with regulatory requirements, departmental objectives, and accreditation standards. Work includes the administrative oversight of facility and contracted religious services staff and volunteers at state correctional facilities. An important aspect of this work involves coordinating, integrating, and evaluating religious and volunteer services programing to ensure quality of care.
Examples of the work
• Directs the administration of religious services programing for DOC. • Provides oversight and guidance to religious services staff at state correctional facilities. • Develops and implements policies and procedures for religious services programing. • Consults with and advises central office and facility staff regarding religious requests. • Conducts annual internal reviews to assess the quality of religious services and compliance with laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and accreditation standards. • Reviews facility policies and procedures to ensure consistency and standardization in the delivery of religious services.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as a Chaplaincy Program Director (commonwealth title); or • Four years of professional experience in the development and implementation of religious services programs in a correctional facility, hospital, university, or in a similar institutional operation, and a bachelor's degree in religion, theology, divinity, or a related human services field; 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.