Institutional Parole Assistant pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 46230
- Class code
- 46230
- Pay scale group
- ST 05
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- G1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Institutional Parole Assistant is $46,827 to $70,592 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 46230.
- 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 04/30/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is paraprofessional work performed in an institutional parole office. An employee in this job assists professional staff in an institutional parole office and performs limited technical duties to facilitate pre-parole and release processes. Work involves collecting, interpreting, and conveying parole data; explaining Parole Board decisions and procedures to reentrants; participating in pre-parole investigations; coordinating with institutional staff to monitor reentrant compliance with rules, regulations, and requirements; and developing and maintaining case files, reports, and related records. Work is performed under the general direction of a Parole Supervisor and is reviewed for adherence to established policies, procedures, and processes through conferences, reports, and inspection of results.
Examples of the work
• Meets with reentrants to explain Parole Board actions and decisions, detainer requirements, legal obligations, hearing processes, parole plans, pre-release requirements, parole conditions, and conduct expectations. • Assists board members and hearing officers by providing reentrant background information and guiding reentrants through hearing procedures. • Identifies cases that qualify for immediate release and initiates the release process. • Reviews case records to identify the effect of detainers on release dates, and determines whether release actions or staff interviews with reentrants are necessary.
Minimum qualifications
• Four years of experience as a Clerical Assistant 2 in the Department of Corrections or Probation and Parole Board (commonwealth title); or • One year of complex clerical experience; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training.
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.