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

Delaware Correctional Officers and Jailers salaries are 5% above the US national median of $57,970 per year.

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

Correctional Officers and Jailers salaries in Delaware range from $43,850 (10th percentile) to $73,390 (90th percentile) per year, per 2024 BLS OEWS data.

Correctional Officers and Jailers Salary in Delaware

SOC 33-3012 · State · 2024 BLS OEWS

The median salary for a Correctional Officers and Jailers in Delaware is $61,000 per year as of 2024. That works out to roughly $29.33 per hour. This is 5% above the national median of $57,970. 1,610 people work as Correctional Officers and Jailers in Delaware. Wages have grown 26% since 2021, when the median was $48,320.

Median Annual Salary

$61,000

Mean Annual

$59,340

Median Hourly

$29.33

Total Employed

1,610

Location Quotient

1.43

Concentrated here

Salary Distribution

$44k

10th

$52k

25th

$61k

Median

$68k

75th

$73k

90th

How This Compares

Delaware

$61,000

this metro

United States

$57,970

you earn +5% vs US

Salary Trend

View data table

Year	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Employment
2024	$61,000	$59,340	1,610
2023	$53,710	$52,560	1,610
2022	$51,460	$51,070	1,680
2021	$48,320	$48,700	1,800

Related Protective Service Occupations Jobs in Delaware

Other occupations in the same group, sorted by salary.

First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$120,080
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$88,350
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$86,710
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	$83,230
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	$79,960
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	$66,390

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