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First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers pay in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA and Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers is $135,040 per year in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA. It is $99,510 per year in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 35.7% above Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 33-1011 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 540 wage and salary jobs in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA and 470 in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. 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.