SALARY · CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND JAILERS · OHIO

Correctional Officers and Jailers salary in Ohio

If you are weighing a move, or weighing whether to stay, this is the number that matters first. In Ohio, the middle correctional officers and jailers earned $59,370 a year in the latest BLS release. Half earned more than that and half earned less, so treat it as a realistic middle point, not a promise and not a ceiling.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$59,370

$29 per hour at the median · That is $430 (0.7 percent) above the national median of $58,940 for this occupation.

$58,660Mean annual salary
$28Mean hourly wage
$12,610People employed in this job in Ohio

Salary range

25th: $49,480Median: $59,37075th: $66,850
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$49,480
Median (50th percentile)$59,370
75th percentile$66,850
Mean$58,660

The middle half of workers earned from $49,480 to $66,850 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$48,695 a year
$4,058 a month
Federal tax $4,944 · FICA $4,542 · State tax $1,189

Caveat: the Ohio Department of Taxation 2026 IT 1040 instructions booklet was not retrieved. Verification rests on enacted law plus the Legislative Service Commission tax year 2026 table, not on a Department booklet.

Ohio municipal income taxes and school district taxes are separate, location specific, and are not in this figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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