Compared with the local labor market
Csm Correctional Officer 1 pay vs. Georgia
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Correctional Officers and Jailers — about 10,640 people — is $47,520. Corrections, Department Of pays a median base salary of $61,136 for this role, 29% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Corrections, Department Of sits in the local pay range
$36,820
$43,290
$47,520
$53,390
$58,430
Corrections, Department Of median · $61,136
The bar is the range of annual wages for Correctional Officers and Jailers 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 Correctional Officers and Jailers — about 380,500 people — is $58,940. Corrections, Department Of’s median base salary is 4% above that national figure, about the 53rd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$42,760
$48,640
$58,940
$75,850
$93,220
Corrections, Department Of median · $61,136
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 1,426 of 2,054 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 $49,815, 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.