Psychological Services Supervisor, DOC pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 42991
- Class code
- 42991
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F5
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Psychological Services Supervisor, DOC is $78,925 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 42991.
- 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 supervisory professional psychological services work in a state correctional facility. An employee in this job supervises psychology staff in the application of psychological principles, practices, and techniques to assist incarcerated individuals in achieving correctional diagnostic, classification, and treatment goals. Work involves overseeing unit coverage and staffing assignments, maintaining an appropriate number of therapeutic groups, ensuring programming meets identified clinical needs, managing local reporting requirements, and assisting in the development of local plans of action and the preparation of annual audits. Work is performed under the general supervision of a licensed psychologist or administrative supervisor and is evaluated through observation, conferences, and reports for overall program effectiveness.
Examples of the work
• Supervises psychological services work performed in a state correctional institution. • Oversees unit coverage and staff assignments to ensure operational efficiency. • Assigns, monitors, and tracks parole psychological evaluations, commutations, continuity of care and transfer individual treatment plans, and sex offender programming. • Ensures incarcerated individuals receive the appropriate number of individual and group treatment hours in alignment with their identified needs and individualized treatment plans.
Minimum qualifications
• One year as a Psychological Services Specialist, DOC (Commonwealth title); or • Two years of professional experience in the field of psychology and 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.