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

Connecticut Correctional Officers and Jailers salaries are 8% above the US national median of $57,970 per year.

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

Correctional Officers and Jailers salaries in Connecticut range from $54,160 (10th percentile) to $68,980 (90th percentile) per year, per 2024 BLS OEWS data.

Correctional Officers and Jailers Salary in Connecticut

SOC 33-3012 · State · 2024 BLS OEWS

The median salary for a Correctional Officers and Jailers in Connecticut is $62,690 per year as of 2024. That works out to roughly $30.14 per hour. This is 8% above the national median of $57,970. 3,710 people work as Correctional Officers and Jailers in Connecticut. Wages have grown 18% since 2014, when the median was $53,040.

Median Annual Salary

$62,690

Mean Annual

$62,710

Median Hourly

$30.14

Total Employed

3,710

Location Quotient

0.93

Average concentration

Salary Distribution

$54k

10th

$58k

25th

$63k

Median

$69k

75th

$69k

90th

How This Compares

Connecticut

$62,690

this metro

United States

$57,970

you earn +8% vs US

Salary Trend

View data table

Year	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Employment
2024	$62,690	$62,710	3,710
2023	$59,860	$60,050	3,620
2022	$55,310	$56,370	3,540
2021	$55,310	$55,820	3,790
2020	$52,820	$54,690	3,750
2019	$51,290	$53,720	3,630
2018	$54,300	$54,420	3,610
2017	$54,120	$54,500	3,810
2016	$54,280	$54,540	3,880
2015	$53,570	$52,690	3,800
2014	$53,040	$50,890	3,810

Related Protective Service Occupations Jobs in Connecticut

Other occupations in the same group, sorted by salary.

First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$110,460
Bailiffs	$109,150
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$97,460
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$95,420
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	$84,040
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	$82,820

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