Parole Hearing Officer pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 46300
- Class code
- 46300
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- G3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Parole Hearing Officer is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 46300.
- 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 04/28/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is quasi-judicial work in the adjudication of parole hearings and the conduct of parole interviews within the Parole Board. An employee in this job serves as a representative of the Board and has responsibility within an assigned area for conducting parole hearings and interviews and rendering paroling recommendations and determinations in accordance with laws and policies governing disposition of such cases. Work involves reviewing summarizations of an offender's social and criminal history, institutional parole recommendations, classification summaries, and psychological and psychiatric reports to provide recommended paroling actions and conditions for parole. Work also involves reviewing arrest and violation reports and hearing cases to recommend the continuation, recommitment, or revocation of parole.
Examples of the work
• Interviews, either alone or in a panel, nonviolent and violent offenders eligible for parole in state and county correctional facilities. • Rules on all objections brought by the attorney or parole agent on evidence submitted at a hearing. • Conducts parole hearings in accordance with established procedures and ensures that all matters of fact are contained within hearing records. • Clarifies evidence presented at hearings through questioning of offenders, legal counsel, and witnesses. • Determines the necessity and appropriateness of victim and witness attendance at hearings.
Minimum qualifications
• Six years of professional experience in parole, probation, criminal justice, or social work dealing with persons involved in criminal or delinquent activities, or programs concerned with such individuals; and a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, social work, or a closely related field; or • Six years of professional experience in parole, probation, criminal justice, or social work dealing with persons involved in criminal or delinquent activities, or programs concerned with such individuals; and four years of paraprofessional experience in criminal justice or social work; or • Graduation with a law degree from a school of law accredited by the American Bar Association and three years o ...
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.
Nearby classes in Pennsylvania
Parole Hearing Officer in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | $46,469 | $77,690 | $46,469 to $77,690 |
Each state publishes its own range for a classification with this exact title. Duties, grade structures and bargaining units differ between states, so read each class page before comparing.