Correctional Officers and Jailers
United States. Estimated employment 380,500, with pages for 8 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 33-3012
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$58,940 · 50th
$42,76010th
$48,64025th
$58,94050th
$75,85075th
$93,22090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Correctional Officers and Jailers page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | $93,220 | 14,730 |
| Elmira, NY | $76,820 | 550 |
| Rochester, NY | $76,820 | 1,390 |
| Buffalo, NY | $76,170 | 1,590 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $75,240 | 1,990 |
| Utica, NY | $72,890 | 1,300 |
| Syracuse, NY | $72,060 | 530 |
| Glens Falls, NY | $69,840 | 370 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 380,500 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 33-3012, Correctional Officers and Jailers. Mapped to our taxonomy as correctional-officers-and-jailers.
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