Drug and Alcohol Treatment Specialist Supervisor pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 38440
- Class code
- 38440
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F5
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Drug and Alcohol Treatment Specialist Supervisor is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 38440.
- 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 04/12/1996.
What the state says the job is
This is supervisory and advanced professional work in the care, treatment and rehabilitation of persons within a drug and/or alcohol abuse program at a State Correctional Institution or facility. An employee in this class independently plans and implements drug and alcohol program changes and procedures for the treatment of inmates who have a documented history of drug and/or alcohol abuse/dependence and supervises a professional staff in program implementation. The work is concentrated on drug and/or alcohol related functions that positively address the problems created and sustained by chemical addiction.
Examples of the work
Trains and supervises lower level Drug and Alcohol Treatment Specialists in the performance of activities and services in the care, treatment and rehabilitation of inmates within a drug and/or alcohol educational and treatment program. Plans, organizes, implements, and supervises a treatment program within the facility for inmates who are drug or alcohol dependent.
Minimum qualifications
One year of experience as a Drug and Alcohol Treatment Specialist 2; or Three years of professional experience providing drug and alcohol counseling services directly to clients in a social work setting and a bachelor's degree that included 18 college credits in the Behavioral Sciences. or Two years of professional experience providing drug and alcohol counseling services directly to clients in a social work setting and a Master's degree with major courses in Addictions Science, Psychology, or Social Work.
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.