First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers in California
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$92,838
after federal, FICA and California tax
Tax takes
$38,372
29.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,463
California costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in California — 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
$131,210
Kept after tax
$92,838
Worth in national money
$82,463
State rank
1
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. California's middle earner gets $131,210, putting the state 1 of 49 — about 68.28% ahead of the national figure.
- Within California this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 53 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $131,210, tax leaves $92,838 — and because California is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $82,463 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $132,640, since top earners drag the number up.
- For first-line supervisors of correctional officers, California sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $131,210, ranking 1 of 49 and running about 68.28% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation California publishes a median for, first-line supervisors of correctional officers sits 53 of 492 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After tax, $92,838 remains from the California median of $131,210 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $82,463 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $132,640 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $108,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $131,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $155,600 |
| This salary | $131,210 |
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 California | $92,838 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $100,948 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$21,420 |
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 | $119,414 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$29,855 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 113 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of first-line supervisors of correctional officers in California earn under $131,210 and half over. The published range runs $108,830 at the tenth percentile to $155,600 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $92,838 take-home in California comes from $131,210. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 53 of 492.
- Two cautions on $82,463, the adjusted value of that $131,210 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of California. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 53 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of correctional officers in California, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $108,830 to $155,600; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $92,838, from $131,210, assumes a single California filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 53 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 1 of 49 for it.
- This $82,463 adjusted figure, worked from $131,210, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 53 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 53 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $108,830 at the bottom tenth to $155,600 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. California costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $82,463 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and California adds its own income tax on top — which is why $92,838 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($108,830 to $155,600) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to California rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
California's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $82,463 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 $92,838 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and California 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.