First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers · SOC 33-1011

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officerss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for first-line supervisors of correctional officers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 142 metro areas

First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$135,040	540	0.5
2	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$132,490	110	0.9
3	Fresno, CA	$131,790	350	0.7
4	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$131,780	590	0.3
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$131,630	160	0.1
6	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$127,390	250	0.0
7	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$121,600	1,990	0.2
8	Vineland, NJ	$117,450	210	3.4
9	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$115,210	110	0.1
10	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$115,130	150	0.2
11	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$110,510	220	0.2
12	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	$110,390	140	0.8
13	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$105,930	320	0.1
14	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$105,550	420	0.2
15	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$105,450	680	0.2
16	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$104,610	150	1.1
17	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$102,770	60	0.2
18	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$102,110	110	0.3
19	Eau Claire, WI	$101,550	30	0.4
20	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$100,740	450	0.3
21	Madison, WI	$100,420	70	0.2
22	Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	$100,320	40	0.4
23	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$100,070	400	0.2
24	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$99,540	250	0.2
25	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$99,510	470	0.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 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.