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Correctional Officers and Jailers pay in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and Wildwood-The Villages, FL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Correctional Officers and Jailers is $132,670 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. It is $67,770 per year in Wildwood-The Villages, FL. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 95.8% above Wildwood-The Villages, FL on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 33-3012 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 1,050 wage and salary jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and 980 in Wildwood-The Villages, FL. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings