Director of Planning, Research, Statistics, and Grants, Corrections pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 47456
- Class code
- 47456
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Director of Planning, Research, Statistics, and Grants, Corrections is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 47456.
- 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 04/13/2006.
What the state says the job is
This is managerial and administrative work in directing and planning the research, statistics, and grant development programs for the Department of Corrections. The employee in this job is responsible for directing professional staff in conducting advanced research, program analysis and auditing projects, and grant application development involving the development of theoretical concepts through the formulation of hypotheses, designing and conducting controlled research, data evaluations and analysis, and reporting and disseminating results. Controlled research involves studying basic issues and trends in rehabilitation effectiveness, corrections treatment and custody programs and processes, organization, and administration.
Examples of the work
Plans, directs, and administers activities that support department-wide program management in the areas of research and evaluation, program analysis and planning administration, and grant development. Identifies and defines correctional problems and causes and directs the development of research models, instrumentation, procedures, and the collection and analysis of data. Provides guidance, direction and supervision in the preparation of written materials describing the Department’s priorities for inclusion in the Department’s budget proposals.
Minimum qualifications
Six years of professional experience in planning and research involving qualitative and quantitative statistical analysis, work measurement and research design and methodology, which includes three years of professional supervisory experience in statistical analysis, research design, and data interpretation; and a master’s degree in policy analysis, public administration, political science, government, criminology or sociology; or An equivalent combination of experience and training which includes three years of professional supervisory experience in statistical analysis, research design, and data interpretation.
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.