Correctional Officers and Jailers in New Jersey

Get the information you need to know about working as a Correctional Officer or Jailer.

While jobs for Correctional Officers and Jailers in New Jersey are decreasing, those who do work in these jobs get paid higher than average.

• Employment for Correctional Officers and Jailers in New Jersey is expected to decrease.

• Correctional Officers and Jailers in New Jersey earn higher salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

What Major Will Prepare You For a Correctional Officer or Jailer Career?

• Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
• Criminal Justice & Corrections
• Corrections
• Juvenile Corrections
• Other Corrections & Criminal Justice

How Many Correctional Officers and Jailers Work in New Jersey?

11,240 people worked as Correctional Officers and Jailers in 2018 in this state.

There were 10,800 Correctional Officers and Jailers employed in this state in 2017.

That’s growth of 440 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

The typical state has 5,215 Correctional Officers and Jailers working in it, which means New Jersey has more Correctional Officers and Jailers than average.

Job Projections for New Jersey

Jobs for Correctional Officers and Jailers in this state are declining at a rate of 13.8% which is a faster decline than the nationwide estimated projection of -7.7%.

New Jersey Annual Job Openings

The BLS estimates 670 annual job openings, and a total of 9,420 jobs for New Jersey Correctional Officers and Jailers in 2026.

Nationwide, the prediction is 31,300 annual jobs and 415,500 total jobs in 2026.

What do Correctional Officers and Jailers Make in New Jersey?

In 2018 wages for Correctional Officers and Jailers ranged from $40,850 to $99,480 with $71,700 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $19.64 to $47.83. The median hourly rate was $34.47.

Workers in this field were paid a median of $35.63 an hour in 2017.

The hourly rate declined by $1.16.

The median salary in New Jersey is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top New Jersey Metros for Correctional Officers and Jailers

The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most Correctional Officers and Jailers.

Metro	Number Employed	Annual Median Salary
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	21,390	$69,500
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	6,660	$47,160
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ	1,890	$74,440
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	510	$51,450

Top States for Correctional Officers and Jailers Employment

View the list below to see where most Correctional Officers and Jailers work.

State	Number Employed	Annual Median Salary
New York	35,460	$63,600
California	34,980	$77,520
Florida	33,060	$37,920
Pennsylvania	16,850	$51,010
North Carolina	15,720	$36,770
Georgia	15,500	$34,170
Virginia	14,910	$37,990
Illinois	14,050	$63,330
Arizona	13,810	$43,110
Ohio	13,310	$46,770
New Jersey	11,240	$71,700
Tennessee	9,670	$34,890
Michigan	9,100	$56,330
Missouri	8,420	$30,050
Indiana	7,990	$33,890
Louisiana	7,890	$30,760
Washington	7,190	$55,290
Colorado	6,990	$46,060
Wisconsin	6,870	$42,680
Maryland	6,780	$47,150

Below are the states where Correctional Officers and Jailers get paid the most:

State	Annual Median Salary
California	$77,520
New Jersey	$71,700
Rhode Island	$69,710
Massachusetts	$69,560
New York	$63,600
Illinois	$63,330
Alaska	$62,330
Oregon	$61,090
Hawaii	$58,650
Nevada	$57,450

Related Careers in New Jersey

You may also be interested in the following careers:

Occupation	New Jersey Employment Total
Bailiffs	80

References

• Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.