Psychological Services Associate pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 43020
- Class code
- 43020
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Psychological Services Associate is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 43020.
- 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 06/30/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is technical work providing customer-centered psychological services. An employee in this job administers assessments, conducts evaluations, and provides counseling and guidance to customers living in a vocational rehabilitation facility. Work involves interviewing and administering achievement, dexterity, and career research tests to current students. Work also involves screening case records and developing referral questions to use when planning an evaluation program for a prospective customer. Work may include conducting group counseling sessions. Work is reviewed by a Psychological Services Associate Supervisor for effectiveness of methodology, technique, and the achievement of treatment and rehabilitation goals.
Examples of the work
• Selects, in consultation with a professional supervisor, appropriate tests to measure intellectual abilities, personality, aptitudes, and achievement level. • Develops and prepares comprehensive written reports of interpretive conclusions and recommendations to determine vocational and rehabilitation goals. • Under the supervision of a professional supervisor, selects and uses psychological techniques designed to help customers establish and achieve personal goals. • Develops treatment plans and provides individual and group therapy and vocational counseling. • Administers, scores, and interprets a wide range of psychological and vocational assessments.
Minimum qualifications
• A master’s degree in a behavioral science, rehabilitation, human development, or a closely related field that includes fifteen graduate credits in psychology, counseling, human development, or learning.
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.