Dormitory Counselor Supervisor pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 20131
- Class code
- 20131
- Pay scale group
- ST 05
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- N2
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Dormitory Counselor Supervisor is $46,827 to $70,592 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 20131.
- 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 07/31/2009.
What the state says the job is
This is responsible guidance work of a supervisory nature involving directing student residential life programs for the care, custody, and supervision of deaf or hard of hearing children, teenagers, and young adults at Scranton State School for the Deaf or students at the Hiram G. Andrews Center. An employee in this class supervises Dormitory Counselors in the residential care, custody, and training of students with specialized educational needs and/or physical, mental, emotional, social adjustment disabilities. Employees are responsible for the management of student living quarters and serve as liason between the Dormitory Counselors and other institutional personnel providing services to students. Employees must exercise mature judgment in handling challenging and difficult behavior problems, including controlling and retaining students.
Examples of the work
Supervises the Dormitory Counselors in residential life/dormitory operations and in the care, custody, training and supervision of the daily activities of children, teenagers, young adults or adults, including eating, playing, working and studying. Advises the Dormitory Counselors on difficult behavior and disciplinary problems and, in more serious situations, deals with the problem personally. Trains Dormitory Counselors in the principles and practices of effective training, care, custody, and supervision of children, teenagers, young adults or adults.
Minimum qualifications
One year of experience as a Dormitory Counselor; or Four years of experience in the care, custody, training, supervision, leadership, and personal guidance of children, teenagers, young adults or adults who are deaf or have multiple disabilities in organized educational, recreational, physical, or related programs; and possession of a high school diploma or G.E.D.
Special requirements
Demonstrated ability to communicate through American Sign Language and American Manual Alphabet at the intermediate sign communication level as determined by the Sign Communication Proficiency Interview evaluation.
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.