Highest-paying Cities for Correctional Officers and Jailers

The top 100 highest paying cities for correctional officers and jailers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of correctional officers and jailers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $107,860, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for correctional officers and jailers. It is followed by Salinas, California (average annual salary $100,980). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of correctional officers and jailers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Correctional Officers and Jailers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$107,860	$70,520	890
2	Salinas, California	$100,980	$72,900	1,440
3	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$98,590	$64,150	3,430
4	El Centro, California	$98,590	$65,080	1,280
5	Stockton, California	$97,490	$61,980	1,310
6	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$97,490	$68,350	1,370
7	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$97,470	$72,740	1,200
8	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$92,290	$57,130	1,580
9	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$89,550	$49,440	1,500
10	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$88,650	$61,850	1,610
11	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$88,630	$60,350	4,150
12	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$88,090	$54,720	940
13	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$86,470	$47,990	1,910
14	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$86,470	$48,790	970
15	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$86,470	$53,800	1,220
16	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$85,580	$55,540	440
17	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$82,880	$48,810	870
18	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$82,870	$53,000	1,010
19	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$80,790	$54,470	1,060
20	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$80,350	$48,850	11,340
21	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$80,050	$58,710	3,040
22	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$78,240	$51,080	1,260
23	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$77,560	$77,560	90
24	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$77,180	$37,450	2,080
25	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$76,360	$54,950	1,820
26	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$74,940	$50,580	18,560
27	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$74,850	$40,030	120
28	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$74,680	$57,740	4,970
29	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$74,220	$59,410	1,030
30	Fresno, California	$73,420	$55,080	1,410
31	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$72,800	$59,260	4,680
32	Elmira, New York	$71,870	$53,100	830
33	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$71,600	$60,200	3,690
34	Rochester, New York	$71,520	$56,870	1,480
35	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$71,410	$52,500	1,280
36	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$71,370	$40,700	2,740
37	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$71,030	$45,980	1,090
38	Camden, New Jersey	$70,230	$44,150	1,660
39	Salem, Oregon	$70,140	$51,360	700
40	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$69,800	$46,460	330
41	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$68,680	$39,960	1,770
42	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$68,430	$47,950	100
43	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$67,830	$49,620	330
44	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$67,700	$48,240	490
45	Olympia, Washington	$66,720	$52,060	220
46	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$66,530	$49,550	140
47	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$66,130	$57,550	1,640
48	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$65,710	$50,490	2,430
49	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$65,420	$61,580	220
50	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$65,190	$51,170	5,470
51	Chico, California	$64,870	$45,090	70
52	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$64,320	$47,180	1,000
53	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$64,270	$50,500	150
54	Reading, Pennsylvania	$63,760	$63,760	230
55	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$63,740	$40,700	80
56	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$63,650	$46,650	520
57	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$63,620	$50,430	5,260
58	Visalia-Porterville, California	$63,280	$39,180	320
59	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$63,100	$49,860	290
60	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$62,920	$46,240	780
61	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	$62,920	$42,270	360
62	Spokane, Washington	$62,820	$50,090	570
63	Walla Walla, Washington	$62,810	$50,090	620
64	Yakima, Washington	$62,720	$41,160	190
65	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$62,680	$53,310	3,700
66	Longview, Washington	$62,230	$51,270	100
67	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$62,200	$48,730	2,150
68	Yuba City, California	$62,010	$42,410	160
69	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$61,830	$54,950	170
70	Worcester, Massachusetts	$61,710	$53,640	120
71	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$61,690	$47,860	540
72	Appleton, Wisconsin	$61,570	$53,220	90
73	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$61,390	$48,260	500
74	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$61,380	$42,270	1,290
75	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$61,300	$52,150	240
76	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$61,280	$48,820	1,220
77	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$61,080	$51,930	710
78	East Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$60,860	$44,060	1,060
79	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$60,700	$47,130	3,280
80	Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$60,670	$42,510	1,660
81	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$60,320	$46,120	540
82	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$60,320	$40,560	1,820
83	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$60,320	$48,410	480
84	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$60,320	$46,440	1,330
85	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$60,300	$48,030	2,440
86	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$60,300	$45,720	680
87	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$60,300	$51,580	1,530
88	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$59,860	$46,970	110
89	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$59,760	$44,630	220
90	Springfield, Illinois	$59,620	$36,350	270
91	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$59,440	$46,680	110
92	Rockford, Illinois	$59,070	$47,320	210
93	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$58,990	$43,880	1,270
94	Tacoma, Washington	$58,810	$42,670	580
95	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$58,810	$50,420	2,400
96	Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$58,740	$38,260	180
97	Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan	$58,710	$42,060	100
98	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$58,680	$44,400	2,590
99	Muskegon-Norton Shores, Michigan	$58,550	$47,220	320
100	Glens Falls, New York	$58,350	$44,270	920

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for correctional officers and jailers.