The highest-paying states for first-line supervisors of correctional officers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of first-line supervisors of correctional officers in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $112,650, California is the highest paying state for first-line supervisors of correctional officers. It is followed by Oregon (average annual salary $98,640). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of first-line supervisors of correctional officers in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | $112,650 |
$95,330 | 4,670 |
| 2 | Oregon | $98,640 |
$83,040 | 390 |
| 3 | New Jersey | $94,640 |
$91,700 | 1,310 |
| 4 | New York | $94,520 |
$72,570 | 3,660 |
| 5 | Alaska | $94,430 |
$55,250 | 80 |
| 6 | Rhode Island | $88,650 |
$81,300 | 140 |
| 7 | District of Columbia | $87,070 |
$69,800 | 60 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | $86,500 |
$63,650 | 1,350 |
| 9 | Hawaii | $82,310 |
$75,140 | 60 |
| 10 | Illinois | $80,500 |
$68,520 | 2,580 |
| 11 | Minnesota | $80,400 |
$61,290 | 700 |
| 12 | Washington | $79,870 |
$67,850 | 1,250 |
| 13 | Massachusetts | $76,940 |
$68,420 | 220 |
| 14 | Nevada | $74,670 |
$60,830 | 250 |
| 15 | Iowa | $74,250 |
$51,880 | 280 |
| 16 | Ohio | $74,090 |
$50,040 | 550 |
| 17 | Connecticut | $73,900 |
$43,760 | 610 |
| 18 | Colorado | $72,800 |
$58,710 | 750 |
| 19 | Wisconsin | $70,930 |
$52,310 | 860 |
| 20 | New Hampshire | $69,590 |
$53,400 | 110 |
| 21 | Michigan | $68,810 |
$58,160 | 930 |
| 22 | Utah | $67,810 |
$48,760 | 360 |
| 23 | Vermont | $67,790 |
$56,450 | 60 |
| 24 | Maryland | $67,640 |
$54,100 | 2,140 |
| 25 | North Dakota | $67,200 |
$49,110 | 120 |
| 26 | Alabama | $65,650 |
$44,590 | 410 |
| 27 | Delaware | $65,350 |
$52,940 | 250 |
| 28 | South Dakota | $62,570 |
$43,670 | 50 |
| 29 | Wyoming | $61,640 |
$57,720 | 80 |
| 30 | South Carolina | $59,060 |
$42,780 | 450 |
| 31 | Louisiana | $58,670 |
$35,810 | 3,210 |
| 32 | Nebraska | $58,240 |
$49,040 | 460 |
| 33 | Montana | $57,750 |
$49,430 | 150 |
| 34 | Arizona | $57,130 |
$53,400 | 1,720 |
| 35 | Maine | $56,950 |
$49,360 | 180 |
| 36 | North Carolina | $56,280 |
$43,620 | 1,440 |
| 37 | Idaho | $55,540 |
$45,410 | 390 |
| 38 | New Mexico | $54,040 |
$47,630 | 520 |
| 39 | Virginia | $53,600 |
$43,640 | 2,260 |
| 40 | Kansas | $51,610 |
$41,870 | 1,010 |
| 41 | West Virginia | $50,360 |
$31,320 | 240 |
| 42 | Tennessee | $49,840 |
$33,600 | 1,170 |
| 43 | Texas | $49,210 |
$46,860 | 4,640 |
| 44 | Indiana | $46,200 |
$42,490 | 1,230 |
| 45 | Georgia | $46,100 |
$39,030 | 2,050 |
| 46 | Oklahoma | $45,620 |
$28,720 | 540 |
| 47 | Arkansas | $45,620 |
$31,880 | 620 |
| 48 | Florida | $44,950 |
$42,100 | 6,710 |
| 49 | Mississippi | $43,430 |
$27,420 | 330 |
| 50 | Kentucky | $43,430 |
$35,260 | 1,130 |
| 51 | Missouri | $41,970 |
$38,880 | 1,150 |
| 52 | Puerto Rico | $34,320 |
$29,300 | 510 |