Salary
Correctional Officer Salary by State 2026
Mean Salary
$40,000
$50,000
$60,000
$70,000
$80,000
$90,000
State | Mean Salary 2023↓ | # of Officers 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | California | $88,550 | 33,740 |
 | New Jersey | $81,900 | 8,540 |
 | Massachusetts | $77,260 | 5,950 |
 | New York | $74,580 | 26,080 |
 | Oregon | $73,930 | 4,330 |
 | Alaska | $73,400 | 1,170 |
 | Nevada | $67,930 | 3,100 |
 | Illinois | $66,430 | 12,070 |
 | Washington | $66,040 | 6,250 |
 | Hawaii | $65,410 | 1,280 |
 | Wisconsin | $61,590 | 6,500 |
 | Pennsylvania | $61,410 | 15,250 |
 | Colorado | $61,140 | 6,610 |
 | Maryland | $61,000 | 5,950 |
 | Connecticut | $60,050 | 3,620 |
 | Minnesota | $59,990 | 4,980 |
 | Utah | $59,790 | 1,810 |
 | Michigan | $58,460 | 7,790 |
 | Nebraska | $58,250 | 3,010 |
 | Ohio | $55,540 | 12,560 |
 | New Hampshire | $54,890 | 730 |
 | Arizona | $54,330 | 13,260 |
 | Delaware | $52,560 | 1,610 |
 | Iowa | $52,420 | 3,230 |
 | Vermont | $52,030 | 410 |
 | Idaho | $51,620 | 1,800 |
 | Wyoming | $51,210 | 840 |
 | Florida | $50,820 | 18,890 |
 | North Dakota | $50,660 | 1,020 |
 | South Dakota | $50,500 | 1,210 |
 | West Virginia | $49,970 | 2,590 |
 | Virginia | $49,900 | 10,390 |
 | Texas | $49,540 | 35,570 |
 | Montana | $48,660 | 1,190 |
 | Maine | $48,480 | 990 |
 | Tennessee | $47,050 | 8,300 |
 | North Carolina | $46,830 | 12,140 |
 | Indiana | $46,000 | 6,870 |
 | South Carolina | $44,940 | 4,740 |
 | Alabama | $44,450 | 4,840 |
 | Kansas | $43,440 | 3,270 |
 | Georgia | $43,190 | 10,040 |
 | Oklahoma | $43,110 | 3,910 |
 | New Mexico | $42,660 | 3,230 |
 | Louisiana | $41,480 | 6,950 |
 | Arkansas | $41,290 | 4,590 |
 | Kentucky | $40,830 | 6,330 |
 | Missouri | $40,750 | 5,500 |
 | Mississippi | $37,000 | 4,530 |
- “Average” and “Mean” are functionally equal terms. However, the salary data come from different sources, one supplying the “average” value and the other the “mean”, depending upon the year.
- While the data should be roughly analogous, differences in methodology between those two sources may exist, leading to slight differences in data totals.
- As such, both terms have been preserved to avoid apples-to-oranges comparison of data from the two disparate sources.
