Psychological Services Specialist, DOC pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 42990
- Class code
- 42990
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Psychological Services Specialist, DOC is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 42990.
- 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 05/28/2026.
What the state says the job is
This is professional psychological services work in a state correctional facility. An employee in this job applies psychological principles, practices, and techniques to assist incarcerated individuals in achieving correctional diagnostic, classification, and treatment goals. Work involves conducting psychological interviews and evaluations, selecting therapeutic techniques and methods, providing individual and group counseling and therapy, developing and implementing psychological treatment plans and strategies, and serving as a member of institutional multi-disciplinary treatment committees. Work may also involve selecting, administering, and interpreting psychological tests.
Examples of the work
• Selects, administers, and interprets psychological tests designed to measure such factors as personality, intelligence, achievement, aptitude, and interest under supervision of a licensed psychologist. • Selects therapeutic techniques and methods to conduct individual and group behavioral counseling and therapy in consultation with the clinical supervisor. • Provides individual and group counseling, treatment, and therapy to incarcerated individuals. • Completes suicide risk assessments, when clinically indicated, for the purpose of determining the most appropriate clinical actions to ensure the safety of incarcerated individuals.
Minimum qualifications
• A master’s degree in psychology or a closely related field that includes fifteen graduate level credits in psychology or counseling.
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.