Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

33-3012 Correctional Officers and Jailers

Guard inmates in penal or rehabilitative institutions in accordance with established regulations and procedures. May guard prisoners in transit between jail, courtroom, prison, or other point. Includes deputy sheriffs and police who spend the majority of their time guarding prisoners in correctional institutions.

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
423,050	0.5 %	$24.10	$50,130	0.7 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$15.26	$17.84	$21.72	$28.90	$37.54
Annual Wage (2)	$31,740	$37,110	$45,180	$60,110	$78,090

Industry profile for this occupation:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	222,050	10.21	$24.30	$50,530
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	160,070	2.89	$23.99	$49,890
Facilities Support Services	24,030	14.60	$20.72	$43,090
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	15,100	0.75	$27.82	$57,870
Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	1,400	0.57	$26.59	$55,310

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Facilities Support Services	24,030	14.60	$20.72	$43,090
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	222,050	10.21	$24.30	$50,530
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	160,070	2.89	$23.99	$49,890
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	15,100	0.75	$27.82	$57,870
Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	1,400	0.57	$26.59	$55,310

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	15,100	0.75	$27.82	$57,870
Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	1,400	0.57	$26.59	$55,310
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	222,050	10.21	$24.30	$50,530
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	160,070	2.89	$23.99	$49,890
Facilities Support Services	24,030	14.60	$20.72	$43,090

Geographic profile for this occupation:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Texas	47,160	3.79	1.32	$20.42	$42,470
California	36,090	2.08	0.72	$37.75	$78,510
New York	35,420	3.72	1.29	$31.73	$66,000
Florida	33,040	3.76	1.30	$20.68	$43,010
Pennsylvania	17,590	2.98	1.03	$26.60	$55,330

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New Mexico	4,110	4.99	1.73	$18.01	$37,450
Arizona	13,670	4.77	1.66	$20.50	$42,640
Arkansas	5,610	4.61	1.60	$16.86	$35,070
West Virginia	3,080	4.38	1.52	$18.63	$38,740
Louisiana	7,950	4.14	1.44	$17.31	$36,010

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	36,090	2.08	0.72	$37.75	$78,510
New Jersey	11,320	2.77	0.96	$34.23	$71,190
Rhode Island	1,080	2.23	0.78	$32.95	$68,540
Massachusetts	5,690	1.57	0.55	$32.82	$68,270
New York	35,420	3.72	1.29	$31.73	$66,000

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	21,830	2.26	0.78	$34.53	$71,830
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	8,510	4.01	1.39	$21.07	$43,820
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	8,420	2.76	0.96	$20.94	$43,560
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	7,270	2.53	0.88	$26.08	$54,240
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	6,950	2.63	0.91	$25.83	$53,720
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	5,930	1.27	0.44	$31.77	$66,090
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	5,470	1.49	0.52	$23.62	$49,130
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	5,280	3.43	1.19	$38.14	$79,330
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	5,100	1.82	0.63	$32.77	$68,150
Bakersfield, CA	4,320	13.63	4.73	$38.38	$79,830