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

Nebraska 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 Nebraska?

Correctional Officers and Jailers salaries in Nebraska range from $47,170 (10th percentile) to $74,980 (90th percentile) per year, per 2024 BLS OEWS data.

Correctional Officers and Jailers Salary in Nebraska

SOC 33-3012 · State · 2024 BLS OEWS

The median salary for a Correctional Officers and Jailers in Nebraska is $62,680 per year as of 2024. That works out to roughly $30.14 per hour. This is 8% above the national median of $57,970. 3,150 people work as Correctional Officers and Jailers in Nebraska. Wages have grown 88% since 2014, when the median was $33,330.

Median Annual Salary

$62,680

Mean Annual

$62,760

Median Hourly

$30.14

Total Employed

3,150

Location Quotient

1.31

Concentrated here

Salary Distribution

$47k

10th

$60k

25th

$63k

Median

$69k

75th

$75k

90th

How This Compares

Nebraska

$62,680

this metro

United States

$57,970

you earn +8% vs US

Salary Trend

View data table

Year	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Employment
2024	$62,680	$62,760	3,150
2023	$58,240	$58,250	3,010
2022	$46,500	$47,220	2,510
2021	$45,760	$46,500	2,840
2020	$40,790	$43,460	2,300
2019	$38,730	$41,530	2,470
2018	$38,040	$40,310	2,270
2017	$36,130	$40,980	2,270
2016	$35,340	$40,050	2,410
2015	$36,200	$38,820	2,370
2014	$33,330	$35,410	2,110

Related Protective Service Occupations Jobs in Nebraska

Other occupations in the same group, sorted by salary.

First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$107,360
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$99,090
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$82,370
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	$79,610
Bailiffs	$75,260
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other	$73,240

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