Correctional Officers and Jailers · SOC 33-3012

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Correctional Officers and Jailerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for correctional officers and jailers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 281 metro areas

Correctional Officers and Jailers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$132,670	1,050	0.9
2	Salinas, CA	$109,620	1,510	8.1
3	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$107,220	3,280	9.7
4	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$107,220	710	5.8
5	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$107,220	1,220	4.2
6	Vineland, NJ	$106,570	1,090	17.5
7	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$99,880	1,500	0.6
8	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$94,740	470	2.3
9	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$94,730	4,800	2.8
10	Fresno, CA	$94,010	2,660	5.6
11	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$93,220	14,730	1.6
12	Worcester, MA	$91,980	640	1.8
13	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$89,730	1,920	1.8
14	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$89,060	4,510	1.7
15	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$84,640	1,350	1.1
16	Barnstable Town, MA	$84,610	180	1.9
17	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$84,550	4,940	1.1
18	Salem, OR	$83,690	700	3.7
19	Bellingham, WA	$83,030	120	1.3
20	Bend, OR	$81,770	200	1.8
21	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$81,680	2,270	2.0
22	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$81,550	230	1.8
23	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$81,550	2,170	1.0
24	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$80,950	120	1.3
25	Missoula, MT	$79,720	110	1.7

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Correctional Officers and Jailers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.