Tennessee / Correction / Correctional Officer 1*
Job-title file
Supervise and maintain custody of incarcerated individuals, enforce facility rules, and keep the facility secure.
359 employees hold this title in Correction. Median total compensation for the role is $51,204, below the department median of $65,044.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 359 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 Tennessee, the median wage for Correctional Officers and Jailers — about 6,990 people — is $50,940. Correction pays a median base salary of $62,988 for this role, 24% 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 Tennessee, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Correction’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. Correction’s median base salary is 7% above that national figure, about the 56th 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 Tennessee range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 2,030 of 2,032 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 Correction is $64,050, 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
This role is reported in 16 jurisdictions. In Tennessee, the median of $64,050 ranks #6 of 16. See Correctional Officer across all of Tennessee →
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 1*/Correction
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Nickolas Allen is a Correctional Officer 1* at Correction within Nwcx Core Security. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $57,425.
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Justin Whitson is a Correctional Officer 1* at Correction within Nwcx Core Security. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $57,425.
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Damien Hayes holds the role of Correctional Officer 1* at Correction within Mccx Core Security. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $56,612.
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Kamere Brown holds the role of Correctional Officer 1* at Correction within Nwcx Core Security. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $56,425.
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Joshua Bryant is a Correctional Officer 1* at Correction within Nwcx Core Security. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $56,425.
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Lorie Dellinger works as a Correctional Officer 1* for Correction within Nwcx Core Security. Their status is full-time. Lorie earned $56,425 in 2026.
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At Correction, Nathan Dupre serves as a Correctional Officer 1* within Nwcx Core Security. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $56,425.
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Jessica Gonzalez-Oxlaj is a Correctional Officer 1* at Correction within Nwcx Core Security. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $56,425.
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At Correction, Michael Howard serves as a Correctional Officer 1* within Nwcx Housing Unit Security. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $56,425.
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At Correction, Tyler Mcbride serves as a Correctional Officer 1* within Nwcx Core Security. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $56,425.
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Jeremy Patrick holds the role of Correctional Officer 1* at Correction within Nwcx Core Security. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $56,425.
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At Correction, Corey Stewart serves as a Correctional Officer 1* within Nwcx Core Security. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $56,425.
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Stephen Willett works as a Correctional Officer 1* for Correction within Nwcx Housing Unit Security. Their status is full-time. Stephen earned $56,425 in 2026.