Correctional Officers and Jailers
SOC 33-3012 · 2024-2034
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.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
Shrinking -5.1%
California projects this job will shrink over the next ten years. Fewer openings may mean a harder search.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $98,811per year
- Projected openings
- 31,850
- Projected change
- -5.1%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Monitoring
- Social Perceptiveness
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $134,940 | 790 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $109,518 | 1,110 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $107,049 | 3,000 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $107,049 | 1,170 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $107,049 | 1,170 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $107,049 | 550 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $101,352 | 200 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $101,352 | 130 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $100,262 | 790 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $99,664 | 310 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $96,354 | 3,980 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $94,626 | 2,050 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $94,141 | 290 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $93,875 | 580 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $89,401 | 1,790 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $84,239 | 100 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $82,733 | 570 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $81,973 | 3,840 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $81,627 | 160 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | Not reported | 70 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | Not reported | 2,560 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | Not reported | 30 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | Not reported | 60 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | Not reported | 2,050 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | Not reported | 740 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | Not reported | 390 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | Not reported | 120 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | Not reported | 880 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | Not reported | 1,160 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | Not reported | 130 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers | $134,534 | 3,810 | 0% |
| Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists | $106,541 | 12,420 | +5% |
| Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers | $121,891 | 52,390 | +5.2% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $168,113 | 9,390 | +5.3% |
| Detectives and Criminal Investigators | $128,002 | 9,580 | +4.5% |
| Security Guards | $44,335 | 264,160 | +3.3% |
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