Maine / Downeast Correctional Facility / Correctional Officer
Job-title file
Supervise and maintain custody of incarcerated individuals, enforce facility rules, and keep the facility secure.
11 employees hold this title in Downeast Correctional Facility. Median total compensation for the role is $92,095, above the department median of $92,053.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 11 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
Across all employers in Maine, the median wage for Correctional Officers and Jailers — about 1,090 people — is $52,730. Downeast Correctional Facility pays a median base salary of $64,409 for this role, 22% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Correctional Officers and Jailers across every employer in Maine, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Downeast Correctional Facility’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. Downeast Correctional Facility’s median base salary is 9% above that national figure, about the 58th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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 Maine range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Downeast Correctional Facility is $92,095, 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
Correctional Officer is held in 5 Maine departments. In Downeast Correctional Facility, the median of $92,095 ranks #1 of 5.
Median total compensation for the Correctional Officer role in other Mainedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 16 jurisdictions. In Maine, the median of $58,638 ranks #8 of 16. See Correctional Officer across all of Maine →
Median total compensation for comparable Correctional Officerroles 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.
Record list
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Correctional Officer/Downeast Correctional Facility
Source-specific fields
Thomas Johnson works as a Correctional Officer for Downeast Correctional Facility. Thomas earned $117,758 in 2024.