Psychological Services Associate, Corrections pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 43012
- Class code
- 43012
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Psychological Services Associate, Corrections is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 43012.
- 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 01/01/2019.
What the state says the job is
This is technical work in the field of psychological services at a state correctional institution or facility. An employee in this class applies psychological principles, practices and services to assist inmates in achieving correctional diagnostic, classification and treatment goals. Work involves the application of principles, methodologies and technical skills within special fields such as vocational counseling and guidance, measurement and evaluation, research or clinical psychology.
Examples of the work
Assists in the administration, scoring and interpretation of standard pre-selected instruments or psychological tests chosen in consultation with a licensed psychologist or Psychological Services Specialist. Discusses test results and their interpretation with a licensed psychologist, Psychological Services Specialist, or administrative superior for approval/disapproval. Facilitates the delivery of direct services to individual inmates through coordination and consultation with other institutional departments, other agencies, and state mental health facilities.
Minimum qualifications
A Master's degree in psychology or a closely related field, which includes fifteen graduate level credits in psychology, counseling, educational counseling, rehabilitation, human development, learning, or motivation.
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.