Deputy Corrections Superintendent 3 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 47428
- Class code
- 47428
- Pay scale group
- CM 12
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- H3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Deputy Corrections Superintendent 3 is $103,179 to $168,920 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 47428.
- 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 08/17/2021.
What the state says the job is
This is administrative and professional work directing the planning and implementation of program operations and services, policies, and procedures within a state correctional facility with an operational capacity of 1,400 or more inmates. An employee in this job directs, through subordinate professional staff, the administration of a unit management system, inmate treatment and program support services, or internal security operations of a designated facility. Work includes responsibility for the overall care, custody, and control of an inmate population. An important aspect of this work involves oversight of rehabilitation designed to modify inmate attitudes and behaviors to assist in the adjustment to institutional living and the reintegration back to society. Work may include directing the administration of operations within a statewide diagnostic classification center.
Examples of the work
• Provides oversight and guidance to managers within the facility’s unit management or centralized services operations. • Oversees staff responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing a variety of correctional treatment programs and support services including physical, emotional, spiritual, educational, vocational, and dietary/food support services. • Oversees staff responsible for performing internal security investigations, drug interdictions, contraband searches, and perimeter security controls. • Ensures facility correctional programs and services are coordinated and consistent with applicable agency programs, policies, and procedures.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as a Deputy Corrections Superintendent 2 (commonwealth title); or • Eight years of professional program, custody, or security experience in the field of corrections, including five 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 five 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.