Compared with the local labor market
Correctional Officer 3(Gen'l Duty) pay vs. the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area
Across all employers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area, the median wage for Correctional Officers and Jailers — about 2,670 people — is $69,640. Sheriff's Office pays a median base salary of $67,426 for this role, 3% below that figure — about the 42nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Sheriff's Office sits in the local pay range
$59,630
$62,820
$69,640
$79,210
$82,380
Sheriff's Office median · $67,426
The bar is the range of annual wages for Correctional Officers and Jailers across every employer in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Sheriff's Office’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Correctional Officers and Jailers — about 380,500 people — is $58,940. Sheriff's Office’s median base salary is 14% above that national figure, about the 63rd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$42,760
$48,640
$58,940
$75,850
$93,220
Sheriff's Office median · $67,426
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 155 of 187 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Sheriff's Office is $74,231, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
This role across Ramsey County, Minnesota
Correctional Officer 3(Gen'l Duty) is held in 3 Ramsey County, Minnesota departments. In Sheriff's Office, the median of $93,333 ranks #2 of 3.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Correctional Officer 3(Gen'l Duty) role in other Ramsey County, Minnesotadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Correctional Officer beyond Ramsey County, Minnesota
This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In Ramsey County, Minnesota, the median of $65,477 ranks #2 of 2. See Correctional Officer across all of Ramsey County, Minnesota →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Correctional Officer roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.