Correctional Officers and Jailers in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,322
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$17,498
22.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,118
New York costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New York — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$76,820
Kept after tax
$59,322
Worth in national money
$55,118
State rank
7
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New York pays this job a middle wage of $76,820, ranking 7 of 49 states and sitting about 30.34% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 210 among 493 occupations New York publishes pay for.
- New York is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $76,820 the take-home is $59,322; in national-average money that behaves like $55,118. The average comes to $77,240, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New York's median for correctional officers and jailers is $76,820, about 30.34% above the national figure and 7 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 210 of 493 in New York places correctional officers and jailers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Take-home for correctional officers and jailers in New York, on $76,820, is $59,322; deflated by the state's price level, $55,118. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $77,240 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Correctional Officers and Jailers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $93,220 |
| This salary | $76,820 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in New York | $59,322 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,873 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,582 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $71,772 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,873 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $76,820 as a midpoint for New York, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $58,940 and the ninetieth is $93,220 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New York's $59,322, worked from $76,820. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 210 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $55,118 uses one figure for the whole of New York. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 210.
- The New York median of $76,820 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $58,940 to $93,220. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The New York take-home of $59,322, on $76,820 for work ranking 210 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 210 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $55,118, worked from $76,820, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular New York address, on work sitting at 210 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $58,940 at the tenth percentile, $93,220 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. New York costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $55,118 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; New York then takes its own share, leaving $59,322.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($58,940 to $93,220) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to New York rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New York's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $55,118 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $59,322 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New York income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.