SALARY · CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND JAILERS · CONNECTICUT

Correctional Officers and Jailers salary in Connecticut

If Connecticut is on your shortlist, start here. The median annual pay for correctional officers and jailers was $64,750. That one figure will not decide a move on its own, but it sets the range for everything else, from housing to how much you can save.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$64,750

$31 per hour at the median · That is $5,810 (9.9 percent) above the national median of $58,940 for this occupation.

$64,570Mean annual salary
$31Mean hourly wage
$3,780People employed in this job in Connecticut

Salary range

25th: $59,210Median: $64,75075th: $70,710
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$59,210
Median (50th percentile)$64,750
75th percentile$70,710
Mean$64,570

The middle half of workers earned from $59,210 to $70,710 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 PAY BEFORE STATE TAX

$54,207 a year
$4,517 a month
Federal tax $5,590 · FICA $4,953

State tax is not in this figure. State tax for Connecticut is not included in this figure, because the verified $50,000 and $100,000 hand checks rest on Tables C, D and E, and the full schedules for those tables are not encoded for every salary in this build. Treat this figure as before state tax, not as a final take-home 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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