Maine / Correctional Sergeant
Role across Maine
Correctional Sergeant
Supervise and maintain custody of incarcerated individuals, enforce facility rules, and keep the facility secure.
72 people hold the Correctional Sergeant role across 4 departments in Maine, with a median total compensation of $100,698. Among 10 jurisdictions where this role is reported, Maine ranks #3 by median pay.
- Employees
- 72
- Median pay
- $100,698
- Departments
- 4
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #3 of 10
Compared with the local labor market
Correctional Sergeant pay vs. Maine
Across all employers in Maine, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers — about 140 people — is $67,750. Maine pays a median base salary of $66,805 for this role, 1% below that figure — about the 42nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Maine sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers across every employer in Maine, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Maine’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. Maine’s median base salary is 14% below that national figure, about the 35th 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.
Computed over the 54 of 72 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 Maine is $100,698, 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 jurisdictions
Correctional Sergeant pay in other jurisdictions
Where Correctional Sergeants are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Correctional Sergeantroles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.
Within Maine
Departments with this role
Largest Maine departments for this role
Departments in Maineemploying the most people in this role. Each bar links to that department’s page for the role.