Criminal Justice System Specialist 2 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 78410
- Class code
- 78410
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Criminal Justice System Specialist 2 is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 78410.
- 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 journey-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 independently 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 independently 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, analyzes data, and prepares studies and reports in narrative, graphical, and statistical form on issues related to criminal justice systems or victim support and advocacy. • Develops grant announcements and grant application scoring criteria used to award state and federal funds to units of local government, state agencies, and other organizations for criminal justice system and victim assistance programs. • Develops guidelines for the use of funds by grant recipients and monitors recipient activities for compliance with guidelines.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as a Criminal Justice System Specialist 1; or • Two years 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 • One year of professional experience in criminal or juvenile justice, law enforcement, or victim services, and a master’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.