Investigation Manager, Corrections pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 70640
- Class code
- 70640
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- G3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Investigation Manager, Corrections is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 70640.
- 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 09/24/2026.
What the state says the job is
This is administrative and managerial work directing the activities of the Bureau of Investigations and Intelligence in the Department of Corrections (DOC). The employee in this job plans, organizes, and directs department investigations, intelligence, and contraband interdiction programs in the DOC. Work involves formulating and implementing policies and procedures to manage operations; developing program goals, objectives, and priorities; and analyzing the impact of proposed legislation on areas of responsibility. Work includes overseeing major criminal and administrative investigations, directing statewide intelligence functions, coordinating large-scale operations with law enforcement agencies, and leading the department’s response to significant incidents and security threats.
Examples of the work
• Directs and oversees criminal and administrative investigations involving inmates, staff, and institutional operations. • Directs intelligence operations by setting priorities, developing protocols, and overseeing statewide intelligence systems and processes. • Directs the development, implementation, and monitoring of policies and procedures governing investigations and intelligence programs for the department in accordance with federal and state requirements. • Leads specialized interdiction operations, which includes managing the drug-detection K9 unit and coordinating targeted contraband interdiction initiatives.
Minimum qualifications
• Eight years of professional experience in criminal or administrative investigation work that includes four years in a supervisory capacity, and a bachelor's degree; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes four years of professional supervisory criminal or administrative investigation 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.