Drug and Alcohol Treatment Specialist 2 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 38430
- Class code
- 38430
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Drug and Alcohol Treatment Specialist 2 is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 38430.
- 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 01/11/2001.
What the state says the job is
This is professional, journeyman level work in the care, treatment and rehabilitation of persons within a drug and/or alcohol abuse treatment program in a state institution or facility. An employee in this class serves as a treatment specialist for an assigned caseload of inmates, patients or residents who have a been diagnosed with or have a documented history of drug and/or alcohol abuse/dependency. The incumbent prepares and conducts therapeutic drug and alcohol services for inmates, patients or residents who wish to participate in drug and alcohol educational and/or treatment programs.
Examples of the work
Performs journey level tasks in the care, counseling and treatment of drug and/or alcohol dependent persons in a Commonwealth facility. Provides on-the-job training, reviews inmate, patient or resident progress reports and provides advice and guidance to new or lower level Drug and Alcohol Treatment Specialists, facility direct care staff, students and volunteers. Plans and conducts treatment activities and counseling services for inmates, patients or residents on an individual and group basis.
Minimum qualifications
One year of experience as a Drug and Alcohol Treatment Specialist 1; or Two years of professional experience providing drug and alcohol counseling services directly to clients in a social work setting; and a bachelor's degree that includes 18 credits in the behavioral sciences; or One year of para-professional and one year of professional experience providing drug and alcohol counseling services directly to clients in a social work setting; and certification by the PA Chemical Abuse Certification Board as a "Certified Addictions Counselor"; or One year of professional experience providing drug and alcohol counseling services directly to clients in a social work setting and a master's degree ...
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.