Criminal Justice System Specialist 1 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 78400
- Class code
- 78400
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Criminal Justice System Specialist 1 is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 78400.
- 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 01/06/2017.
What the state says the job is
This is beginning level professional work in the development, planning, and implementation of criminal justice or victim services programs in the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. An employee in this job develops and evaluates plans, policies, and initiatives to improve the administration of justice in law enforcement, courts, corrections, and programs that provide support and advocacy for victims of crime. Work involves identifying data sources, conducting research, and preparing or reviewing studies and reports on the needs, priorities, and evaluative measures of programs and plans in the areas of criminal justice or victim services.
Examples of the work
• Conducts research, data analysis, and prepares studies and reports in narrative, graphical, and statistical form on issues related to criminal justice systems or victim support and advocacy. • Participates in the development of grant announcements, grant application scoring criteria, and guidelines for the use of funds by grant recipients. • Participates in the review and scoring of concept papers and applications received in response to funding announcements, and notifies applicants of review scores and funding decisions. • Monitors grantee activities for compliance with established criteria.
Minimum qualifications
• Successful completion of the commonwealth’s Criminal Justice System Specialist Trainee program; or • One year of professional experience in criminal or juvenile justice, law enforcement, or victim services, and a bachelor’s degree in the social or behavioral sciences, criminal justice, law enforcement, or a related 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.