Correctional Officers and Jailers
Elmira, NY metropolitan area. Estimated employment 550.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Elmira earn more.
$76,820 in Elmira buys what $81,400 buys across the country as a whole.
Elmira's regional price parity is 94.4 — below the national average, so a dollar here goes further than the nominal figure suggests. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in New York
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Elmira |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | $93,220 | $82,800 | 112.6 | +1.8% |
| Elmira This page | $76,820 | $81,400 | 94.4 | — |
| Rochester | $76,820 | $79,200 | 97.0 | −2.7% |
| Buffalo | $76,170 | $79,500 | 95.8 | −2.3% |
| Kiryas Joel | $75,240 | $68,800 | 109.4 | −15.5% |
| Utica | $72,890 | $78,600 | 92.7 | −3.4% |
| Syracuse | $72,060 | $75,300 | 95.7 | −7.5% |
| Glens Falls | $69,840 | $73,600 | 94.9 | −9.5% |
Price parity and difference against Elmira are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 550 employed in this occupation in the metro (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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