Corrections Superintendent 3 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 47422
- Class code
- 47422
- Pay scale group
- CM 15
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- H3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Corrections Superintendent 3 is $135,316 to $177,468 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 47422.
- 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 08/07/2021.
What the state says the job is
This is administrative and professional work in planning, organizing, and directing the operation of a state correctional facility with an operational capacity of 1,400 or more inmates. An employee in this job directis, through subordinate professional staff, the implementation of a comprehensive correctional program. Work includes responsibility for the overall care, custody, and control of the inmate population at a designated facility. Work is performed under the direction of an Executive or Regional Deputy Secretary of Corrections and is reviewed through inspections, reports, and conferences. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: • Work is differentiated from the lower level job by the responsibility for directing a comprehensive correctional program at a facility with an operational capacity of more than 1,400 inmates.
Examples of the work
• Oversees staff responsible for the administration of a wide range of correctional programs and services. • Develops, reviews, and implements agency and facility policies and procedures promoting a diversified correctional program. • Establishes rules for inmate behavior, care, custody, and control. • Establishes evaluation criteria for inmate personal and socio-psychological adjustment and incentives for furlough and assignment to community-based programs. • Establishes effective working relationships with judges, Parole Board staff, and law enforcement officials to aid in a collaborative criminal justice system.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as a Corrections Superintendent 2 (commonwealth title); or • One year as a Deputy Corrections Superintendent 3 (commonwealth title); or • Ten years of professional program, custody, or security experience in the field of corrections, including seven years in a management or supervisory capacity, and a master’s degree in criminal justice, criminology, behavioral science, or a related field; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training, including seven years in a management or supervisory capacity.
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.