Forensic Psychological Services Associate pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 43022
- Class code
- 43022
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Forensic Psychological Services Associate is $72,255 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 43022.
- 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 10/01/2021.
What the state says the job is
This is professional work in the psychological services programs at a forensic psychiatric unit on the grounds of a commonwealth facility. An employee in this job applies psychological principles, practices, and techniques to provide care and treatment to forensic mental health patients who have been placed through criminal justice or corrections systems for diagnosis, evaluation, and intensive treatment. Work involves developing psychological treatment programs, conducting psychological interviews and evaluations, administering psychological tests, implementing individual psychological treatment plans, and providing individual and group therapy and counseling. An employee in this job is responsible for the care, custody, and control of forensic patients with a mental health disorder while participating in psychological services programs.
Examples of the work
• Interviews forensic patients and administers a variety of psychological tests to measure intellectual capacities, aptitudes, competency, achievement levels, social development levels, neuropsychological functioning, and personality traits. • Participates in the treatment team process to aid multi-disciplinary staff in determining individualized treatment program goals for the rehabilitation of forensic patients with a mental health disorder. • Meets with licensed psychologist to discuss clinical privileges, case assignments, interview findings, and recommendations. • Selects, administers, and interprets psychological tests and discusses results with the multi-disciplinary treatment team.
Minimum qualifications
• A Master's Degree in psychology or a closely related field which includes fifteen credits in Psychology.
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.