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Correctional Officers and Jailers · SOC 33-3012

Correctional Officers and Jailers Salary in the San Jose Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Jose city limits.

Median annual wage$132,670
Median hourly wage$63.79

Correctional Officers and Jailers in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area earned a median of $132,670 per year ($63.79 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $90,020 at the 10th percentile to $132,670 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,050 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Correctional Officers and Jailers in the San Jose metro area earn more than $132,670 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $132,670 and $132,670.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$90,020$132,670$132,670$132,670$132,670
Hourly$43.28$63.79$63.79$63.79$63.79

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.

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How this area compares

  • San Jose metro areathis metro area
    $132,670
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $96,370
  • United Statesnational
    $58,940

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +38% vs California overall and +125% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$29,320$63,770$98,220$132,670Hammond, LA — $29,320Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $33,670Fort Smith, AR-OK — $33,790Monroe, LA — $34,090Anniston-Oxford, AL — $34,280Joplin, MO-KS — $35,200Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $35,480Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $35,900Manhattan, KS — $37,000Enid, OK — $37,140Rome, GA — $38,440Florence, SC — $38,500Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $38,710Hattiesburg, MS — $38,720Decatur, AL — $38,770Lawton, OK — $38,970Paducah, KY-IL — $39,120Lake Charles, LA — $39,960New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $40,490Johnson City, TN — $40,570Bowling Green, KY — $41,100Owensboro, KY — $41,120Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $41,170Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $41,960Laredo, TX — $42,570Columbia, MO — $42,620Jefferson City, MO — $42,620St. Joseph, MO-KS — $42,620Corpus Christi, TX — $42,940Fayetteville, NC — $43,020Morristown, TN — $43,060Jonesboro, AR — $43,370Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $43,490Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $44,080Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $44,660San Angelo, TX — $44,740Huntsville, AL — $44,800Columbia, SC — $44,860Baton Rouge, LA — $44,920Tyler, TX — $45,150Auburn-Opelika, AL — $45,170Akron, OH — $45,310Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $45,330Jackson, TN — $45,770Dothan, AL — $45,900Tulsa, OK — $46,220Clarksville, TN-KY — $46,260McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $46,300Lafayette, LA — $46,370Spartanburg, SC — $46,640Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $46,710Warner Robins, GA — $46,930Springfield, MO — $46,940Jackson, MS — $47,010Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $47,130Ocala, FL — $47,130Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $47,130Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $47,130Punta Gorda, FL — $47,130Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $47,240Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $47,260Winston-Salem, NC — $47,330Dalton, GA — $47,440El Paso, TX — $47,650Waco, TX — $47,660Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $47,770Hinesville, GA — $47,800Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $47,850Athens-Clarke County, GA — $47,900Albuquerque, NM — $47,940Lewiston, ID-WA — $48,000Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $48,030Tallahassee, FL — $48,170Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $48,340Idaho Falls, ID — $48,420Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $48,440Savannah, GA — $48,450Valdosta, GA — $48,450Gainesville, GA — $48,730Rocky Mount, NC — $48,740Macon-Bibb County, GA — $48,810Wilmington, NC — $48,810Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $48,940Billings, MT — $49,110Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $49,280Lynchburg, VA — $49,290Oklahoma City, OK — $49,360Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $49,380Port St. Lucie, FL — $49,380Chattanooga, TN-GA — $49,430Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $49,510Longview, TX — $49,530Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $49,590Pocatello, ID — $49,610Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $49,900Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $49,910Gainesville, FL — $50,020Roanoke, VA — $50,070Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $50,170Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $50,230Grand Forks, ND-MN — $50,230Tuscaloosa, AL — $50,230Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $50,390Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $50,450Greensboro-High Point, NC — $50,550Asheville, NC — $50,850Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $50,940Yuma, AZ — $50,940Harrisonburg, VA — $50,950St. Louis, MO-IL — $50,980Bismarck, ND — $51,130Erie, PA — $51,250Canton-Massillon, OH — $51,290San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $51,310Texarkana, TX-AR — $51,310Kansas City, MO-KS — $51,390Lexington-Fayette, KY — $51,510Richmond, VA — $51,660Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $51,990Knoxville, TN — $52,040Helena, MT — $52,140Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $52,300Las Cruces, NM — $52,370Iowa City, IA — $52,640College Station-Bryan, TX — $52,670Charlottesville, VA — $52,700Rapid City, SD — $53,040Killeen-Temple, TX — $53,090Beckley, WV — $53,140Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $53,210Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $53,270Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $53,390Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $53,480Abilene, TX — $53,570Terre Haute, IN — $53,670Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $53,810Cedar Rapids, IA — $53,830Albany, GA — $54,010Amarillo, TX — $54,020Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $54,020Lubbock, TX — $54,020Wichita Falls, TX — $54,020Raleigh-Cary, NC — $54,070Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $54,080Fargo, ND-MN — $54,230Winchester, VA-WV — $54,390Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $54,600Boise City, ID — $54,830Portland-South Portland, ME — $54,930Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $54,970Tucson, AZ — $54,970Montgomery, AL — $55,360Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $55,460Champaign-Urbana, IL — $55,840Twin Falls, ID — $55,920Ogden, UT — $56,080Wichita, KS — $56,270Evansville, IN — $56,330South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $56,390Johnstown, PA — $56,450Greenville, NC — $56,610Rockford, IL — $56,650Colorado Springs, CO — $57,080Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $57,100Janesville-Beloit, WI — $57,280Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $57,280Birmingham, AL — $57,570Dubuque, IA — $57,680Fort Wayne, IN — $57,700Flagstaff, AZ — $57,790Redding, CA — $57,960Columbus, OH — $58,040Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $58,210Ames, IA — $58,410Toledo, OH — $58,480Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $58,930Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $58,940Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $58,950Lima, OH — $59,240Mankato, MN — $59,240Wheeling, WV-OH — $59,240Cleveland, OH — $59,370Bloomington, IN — $59,380Lancaster, PA — $59,430Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $59,470Pueblo, CO — $59,600Topeka, KS — $59,650La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $59,670Coeur d'Alene, ID — $59,790Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $59,970Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $59,980Pittsburgh, PA — $60,540Springfield, IL — $60,590Traverse City, MI — $60,760Duluth, MN-WI — $61,390Jacksonville, FL — $61,770Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $61,800Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $62,270Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $62,390St. Cloud, MN — $62,400Grand Island, NE — $62,470Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $62,910Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $63,230Omaha, NE-IA — $63,380Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $63,460Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $63,820Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $63,910Naples-Marco Island, FL — $64,080Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $64,250Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $64,250Salisbury, MD — $64,250Peoria, IL — $64,540Mobile, AL — $64,690Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $64,750Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $65,340Rochester, MN — $65,350Appleton, WI — $65,540Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $65,660Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $65,910North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $66,150Lincoln, NE — $66,210State College, PA — $66,730Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $66,770Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $67,200Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $67,770Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $67,920Ann Arbor, MI — $68,520Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $68,520Anchorage, AK — $68,850Reading, PA — $69,400Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $69,640Springfield, MA — $69,650Glens Falls, NY — $69,840Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $70,570Syracuse, NY — $72,060Utica-Rome, NY — $72,890Alexandria, LA — $72,920Grand Junction, CO — $73,150Carson City, NV — $74,910Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $75,240Greeley, CO — $75,330Eau Claire, WI — $75,480Yakima, WA — $76,070Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $76,170Green Bay, WI — $76,250Madison, WI — $76,250Elmira, NY — $76,820Rochester, NY — $76,820Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $77,480Merced, CA — $78,370Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $78,670Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $78,770Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $79,190Kennewick-Richland, WA — $79,460Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $79,460Eugene-Springfield, OR — $79,630Missoula, MT — $79,720Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $80,950Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $81,550Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $81,550Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $81,680Bend, OR — $81,770Bellingham, WA — $83,030Salem, OR — $83,690Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $84,550Barnstable Town, MA — $84,610Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $84,640Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $89,060Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $89,730Worcester, MA — $91,980New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $93,220Fresno, CA — $94,010Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $94,730Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $94,740San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $99,880Vineland, NJ — $106,570Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $107,220San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $107,220Stockton-Lodi, CA — $107,220Salinas, CA — $109,620San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $132,670

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The San Jose metro area has the 1st-highest published median for this occupation among the 281 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in California

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.

  • San Jose metro areathis page
    $132,670
  • Salinas metro area
    $109,620
  • Bakersfield metro area
    $107,220
  • San Luis Obispo metro area
    $107,220
  • Stockton metro area
    $107,220
  • San Francisco metro area
    $99,880
  • Santa Maria metro area
    $94,740

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:

Security Guards$46,250Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$136,140Firefighters$152,100Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$42,460Protective Service Workers, All Other$56,240First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$57,910

Highest-paying metro areas for correctional officers and jailerss · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose Metro

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.