Highest-paying Cities for First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers

The top 100 highest paying cities for first-line supervisors of correctional officers (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 first-line supervisors of correctional officers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $121,330, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is the highest paying city for first-line supervisors of correctional officers. It is followed by Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California (average annual salary $115,750). 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 first-line supervisors of correctional officers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$121,330	$91,990	2,440
2	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$115,750	$101,500	570
3	El Centro, California	$114,650	$95,330	210
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$114,300	$91,730	180
5	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$114,110	$100,050	200
6	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$113,570	$90,890	120
7	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$113,110	$98,320	190
8	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$113,110	$100,050	520
9	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$113,030	$94,100	580
10	Fresno, California	$112,440	$98,110	150
11	Stockton, California	$111,900	$79,810	170
12	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$111,900	$79,110	130
13	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$104,410	$90,670	220
14	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$104,280	$67,200	180
15	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$104,240	$67,060	250
16	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$103,550	$82,240	240
17	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$101,870	$40,410	80
18	Camden, New Jersey	$100,470	$78,170	100
19	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$99,890	$78,110	1,320
20	Tacoma, Washington	$99,600	$76,970	50
21	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$99,140	$83,390	260
22	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$96,280	$55,250	30
23	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$95,470	$78,690	90
24	Salem, Oregon	$95,470	$82,580	50
25	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$95,380	$79,150	150
26	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$95,380	$82,060	200
27	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$94,640	$94,640	290
28	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$93,860	$73,330	140
29	State College, Pennsylvania	$92,710	$73,280	70
30	Rochester, New York	$91,860	$69,960	140
31	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$91,700	$91,700	160
32	Utica-Rome, New York	$91,130	$74,220	140
33	Salinas, California	$91,070	$82,350	240
34	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$90,030	$63,660	320
35	Springfield, Illinois	$89,880	$66,830	50
36	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$89,540	$70,930	320
37	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$89,180	$73,360	60
38	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$88,950	$80,640	180
39	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$88,390	$47,000	110
40	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$88,320	$70,430	90
41	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$88,320	$71,970	50
42	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$87,590	$63,770	150
43	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$87,590	$71,140	300
44	Erie, Pennsylvania	$87,590	$65,480	40
45	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$87,380	$56,310	150
46	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$86,930	$55,660	30
47	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$86,840	$66,890	60
48	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$86,810	$65,000	80
49	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$86,660	$61,520	190
50	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$86,520	$65,040	200
51	Salt Lake City, Utah	$86,110	$67,810	100
52	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$86,030	$65,210	60
53	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$85,740	$72,820	400
54	Olympia, Washington	$85,510	$67,850	120
55	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$85,390	$62,520	690
56	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$85,100	$63,090	560
57	Columbus, Ohio	$84,450	$57,690	90
58	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$83,930	$69,560	260
59	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$83,690	$72,510	30
60	Rochester, Minnesota	$83,270	$63,270	30
61	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$83,260	$46,340	490
62	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$83,040	$65,730	90
63	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$82,880	$72,700	190
64	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$82,720	$61,010	240
65	Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$82,560	$60,300	160
66	East Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$82,560	$64,530	120
67	Alexandria, Louisiana	$82,530	$55,990	40
68	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$82,430	$51,330	750
69	Danville, Illinois	$82,320	$59,110	40
70	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$81,850	$77,830	30
71	Duluth, Wisconsin	$81,850	$61,630	30
72	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$81,460	$66,280	80
73	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$81,240	$64,420	120
74	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$80,510	$66,660	260
75	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$80,500	$72,110	200
76	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$80,350	$46,860	210
77	Spokane, Washington	$80,290	$70,140	120
78	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$79,700	$57,690	250
79	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$79,410	$62,790	120
80	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$79,350	$69,530	190
81	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$79,350	$69,530	670
82	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$79,350	$69,530	500
83	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$79,350	$64,290	120
84	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$79,270	$59,790	110
85	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$78,790	$53,740	150
86	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$78,720	$48,090	130
87	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$78,330	$58,650	40
88	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$78,190	$64,930	40
89	Elmira, New York	$77,950	$65,060	90
90	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$77,690	$52,260	100
91	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$77,330	$61,900	50
92	Yakima, Washington	$77,290	$75,550	30
93	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$76,740	$60,290	90
94	Beckley, West Virginia	$76,640	$47,470	30
95	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$76,540	$52,310	40
96	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$76,460	$61,630	70
97	Springfield, Massachusetts	$76,460	$68,390	140
98	Carbondale-Marion, Illinois	$76,280	$58,760	30
99	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$75,610	$60,840	230
100	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$75,140	$64,700	40

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