Educational Guidance Counselor, Correction Education pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 25950
- Class code
- 25950
- Pay scale group
- ED 01
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- E4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Educational Guidance Counselor, Correction Education is $72,215 to $114,706 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 25950.
- 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 04/13/2015.
What the state says the job is
This is professional educational work in providing academic and vocational counseling to inmates at a state correctional facility. An employee in this job provides counseling and guidance services to inmates to encourage participation in educational and training programs. Work involves assessing inmate abilities and needs through tests and individual interviews to determine placement in a setting which will afford the inmate with educational growth to meet identified needs and objectives. Work includes assisting inmates with selecting courses and making determinations about post educational goals, occupational choices, and continuing education; and providing guidance and counseling for inmates and teachers to help resolve problems in areas such as attendance, discipline, educational progress, or motivation.
Examples of the work
• Interviews newly admitted inmates to examine educational objectives and orient inmates on availability of academic and vocational training courses. • Administers, scores, and interprets diagnostic tests to determine educational difficulties and placement of inmates in suitable educational programs for academic or vocational development. • Assists and counsels inmates in the selection of courses or educational programs, tutorial programs, post educational goals, or in pursuing higher education opportunities.
Minimum qualifications
• Two years of professional experience in educational guidance and educational counseling, and a bachelor's degree in the social sciences, behavioral sciences, education, social work, counseling, or a closely related field; or • Two years of professional experience in educational guidance and educational counseling, and four years of paraprofessional experience in education, social work, or counseling; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training, which includes one year of professional experience in educational guidance and educational counseling.
Special requirements
• Certain positions assigned to an institution that houses state mandated school-age students require a valid and active Educational Specialist 1 or Educational Specialist 2 certification in the field of elementary or secondary school guidance or school counseling issued by the Pennsylvania Departme ...
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 ED schedule.