Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists in California
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,194
after federal, FICA and California tax
Tax takes
$27,446
26.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,679
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
$103,640
Kept after tax
$76,194
Worth in national money
$67,679
State rank
1
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. California's middle earner gets $103,640, putting the state 1 of 46 — about 56.39% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in California. It ranks 115 out of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $103,640 the take-home is $76,194. But California costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $67,679 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $105,440, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For probation officers and correctional treatment specialists, California sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $103,640, ranking 1 of 46 and running about 56.39% 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.
- Within California, probation officers and correctional treatment specialists ranks 115 of 492 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and California income tax is $76,194 for probation officers and correctional treatment specialists, from $103,640. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $67,679. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $105,440 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $103,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $140,950 |
| This salary | $103,640 |
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 | $76,194 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,741 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$16,438 |
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 | $95,756 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$22,705 |
| 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 probation officers and correctional treatment specialists in California earn under $103,640 and half over. The published range runs $64,820 at the tenth percentile to $140,950 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind California's $76,194, worked from $103,640. 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 115 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $67,679 uses one figure for the whole of California. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 492 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 115.
- Figures are distribution medians for probation officers and correctional treatment specialists in California, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $64,820 to $140,950; 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.
- The California take-home of $76,194, on $103,640 for work ranking 115 of 492 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 115 of 492 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $67,679, worked from $103,640, 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 California address, on work sitting at 115 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $64,820, the highest tenth $140,950, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $67,679 of national purchasing power.
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; California then takes its own share, leaving $76,194.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($64,820) and the ninetieth ($140,950) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $67,679 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 $76,194 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.