Georgia / Corrections, Department Of / Correctional Sergeant

Job-title file

Correctional Sergeant

Supervise and maintain custody of incarcerated individuals, enforce facility rules, and keep the facility secure.

292 employees hold this title in Corrections, Department Of. Median total compensation for the role is $61,443, above the department median of $50,007.

Employees: 292
Total payroll: $18.8M
Role median: $61,443
Agency median: $50,007
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$1,100$99,692+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 292 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Correctional Sergeant pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers — about 2,310 people — is $58,640. Corrections, Department Of pays a median base salary of $61,889 for this role, 6% above that figure — about the 62nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Corrections, Department Of sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$48,740

$53,390

$58,640

$65,480

$77,790

Corrections, Department Of median · $61,889

The bar is the range of annual wages for First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Corrections, Department Of’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers — about 53,380 people — is $77,970. Corrections, Department Of’s median base salary is 21% below that national figure, about the 28th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$52,330

$59,890

$77,970

$103,320

$127,780

Corrections, Department Of median · $61,889

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 Georgia range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 285 of 292 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 Corrections, Department Of is $61,443, 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 Georgia

Correctional Sergeant is held in 2 Georgia departments. In Corrections, Department Of, the median of $61,443 ranks #1 of 2.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of

$61,193 · 2

Median total compensation for the Correctional Sergeant role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Correctional Sergeant beyond Georgia

This role is reported in 10 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $61,443 ranks #7 of 10. See Correctional Sergeant across all of Georgia →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

$125,639 · 147

$105,700 · 753

$100,698 · 72

$98,139 · 5,575

$74,822 · 232

$61,819 · 600

$43,618 · 1,146

$22,420 · 150

Median total compensation for comparable Correctional Sergeantroles 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.

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