Youth Development Counselor pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 41810
- Class code
- 41810
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Youth Development Counselor is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 41810.
- 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 02/27/2025.
What the state says the job is
This is specialized professional counseling work in the rehabilitation and social development of court adjudicated youth at a state operated facility. An employee in this job supervises a group of court adjudicated youth in rehabilitative treatment, education, recreation, and social development programs at a state operated facility. Work involves developing, implementing, and monitoring individual case management plans for each assigned court adjudicated youth in accordance with the facility's Master Case Planning System. Work includes gathering social and behavior history information; completing intake documents; providing case management services; conducting individual, group, and family counseling and crisis intervention; maintaining constructive discipline and security; recording and reporting youths' progress in meeting treatment program goals; and implementing discharge plans.
Examples of the work
• Supervises a group of court adjudicated youth in rehabilitative treatment, education, recreation, and social development programs. • Orients new commitments and arranges and schedules appropriate medical, dental, psychological, and educational testing and examinations. • Assesses youths’ strengths, weaknesses, behavior patterns, and rehabilitation treatment needs. • Develops, implements, and monitors individual case management plans. • Evaluates youths' social development progress in accordance with the facility's Master Case Planning System. • Establishes and maintains communications with court adjudicated youths' families, court officials, school administrators, and others.
Minimum qualifications
• Four years of experience as a Juvenile Justice Specialist (Commonwealth title); or • Three years of experience as a Juvenile Justice Specialist Supervisor (Commonwealth title); or • One year of experience in the care, custody, supervision, activities, leadership, or personal guidance of court adjudicated or socially maladjusted individuals in an organized program, and a bachelor’s degree in the behavioral sciences, special education, juvenile justice, or criminal justice; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes one year of experience in the care, custody, supervision, activities, leadership, or personal guidance of court adjudicated or socially maladjusted i ...
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.