How does Correctional Officers and Jailers pay in Alaska compare to the national average?

Alaska Correctional Officers and Jailers salaries are 23% above the US national median of $57,970 per year.

What is the salary range for a Correctional Officers and Jailers in Alaska?

Correctional Officers and Jailers salaries in Alaska range from $60,340 (10th percentile) to $92,160 (90th percentile) per year, per 2024 BLS OEWS data.

Correctional Officers and Jailers Salary in Alaska

SOC 33-3012 · State · 2024 BLS OEWS

The median salary for a Correctional Officers and Jailers in Alaska is $71,360 per year as of 2024. That works out to roughly $34.31 per hour. This is 23% above the national median of $57,970. 810 people work as Correctional Officers and Jailers in Alaska. Wages have grown 24% since 2014, when the median was $57,750.

Median Annual Salary

$71,360

Mean Annual

$74,120

Median Hourly

$34.31

Total Employed

810

Location Quotient

1.07

Average concentration

Salary Distribution

$60k

10th

$64k

25th

$71k

Median

$80k

75th

$92k

90th

How This Compares

Alaska

$71,360

this metro

United States

$57,970

you earn +23% vs US

Salary Trend

View data table

Year	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Employment
2024	$71,360	$74,120	810
2023	$70,870	$73,400	1,170
2022	$67,520	$67,940	1,240
2021	$65,730	$67,020	1,230
2020	$65,040	$66,970	1,140
2019	$62,560	$64,410	1,170
2018	$62,330	$64,670	1,120
2017	$60,760	$62,550	1,200
2016	$60,240	$61,470	1,240
2015	$57,700	$59,100	1,250
2014	$57,750	$58,300	1,220

Related Protective Service Occupations Jobs in Alaska

Other occupations in the same group, sorted by salary.

First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$132,320
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$121,140
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	$100,300
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	$95,120
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$95,020
Bailiffs	$90,730

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