Correctional Officers and Jailers · SOC 33-3012
Correctional Officers and Jailers Salary in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Correctional Officers and Jailers in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $34,840 per year ($16.75 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $27,540 at the 10th percentile to $50,270 at the 90th. BLS estimates 690 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Correctional Officers and Jailers in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area earn more than $34,840 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $28,980 and $41,680.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $27,540 | $28,980 | $34,840 | $41,680 | $50,270 |
| Hourly | $13.24 | $13.93 | $16.75 | $20.04 | $24.17 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$34,840 median for Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $28,980 to $41,680
- Mississippistate$38,720 median for Mississippi; middle half earns $30,730 to $44,640
- United Statesnational$58,940 median for United States; middle half earns $48,640 to $75,850
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −10% vs Mississippi overall and −41% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Mississippi
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for correctional officers and jailers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan areathis page$34,840 median for Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $28,980 to $41,680
- $47,010 median for Jackson metro area; middle half earns $40,250 to $65,850
- $38,720 median for Hattiesburg metro area; middle half earns $34,470 to $38,720
- $35,480 median for Gulfport metro area; middle half earns $28,410 to $36,500
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for correctional officers and jailerss · Highest-paying occupations in Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
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.