Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists · SOC 21-1092

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialistss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for probation officers and correctional treatment specialists. 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 241 metro areas

Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists: 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	$144,410	560	0.5
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$135,890	830	0.4
3	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$108,150	4,700	0.8
4	Rochester, MN	$105,350	70	0.6
5	St. Cloud, MN	$103,770	60	0.6
6	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$100,690	1,250	1.2
7	Bellingham, WA	$98,940	40	0.5
8	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$98,100	640	0.2
9	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$97,410	140	1.1
10	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$97,350	480	0.8
11	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$97,350	190	1.2
12	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$97,070	240	0.8
13	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$96,970	1,260	0.7
14	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$93,550	210	0.7
15	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$92,880	530	1.6
16	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	$90,230	80	1.0
17	Medford, OR	$87,780	60	0.6
18	Salem, OR	$86,870	90	0.5
19	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$85,650	120	0.9
20	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$85,430	770	0.4
21	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$85,130	220	0.8
22	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$85,040	140	1.1
23	Bend, OR	$84,930	120	1.1
24	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$84,780	50	0.5
25	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$84,220	50	0.4

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 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.