San Mateo County correctional officer salary, 2025

173 people worked as correctional officers for San Mateo County in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $201,591, overtime included.

What is the average correctional officer salary at San Mateo County?

Official pay range1

$101,442 to $126,818

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest correctional officer title

Average total pay, full-year correctional officers1

$201,591

average base pay $122,833

Based on the 149 of 173 correctional officers who worked the full year.

Most of San Mateo County's correctional officers (173 of 173) hold the title Sheriff's Correctional Officer, with an official range of $101,442 to $126,818. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $201,591, $74,773 above the top of the range.

Median total pay
$204,884
the middle correctional officer: half earned more, half less
Overtime
$62,260
average per full-year correctional officer
Starting salary
$101,442
bottom of the Sheriff's Correctional Officer range
Average pay rank
2nd
of 43 California employers

What does each correctional officer title at San Mateo County pay?

Each bar is the official range for one title, lowest first. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1

  1. Sheriff's Correctional Officer$101,442 to $126,818 · 173 people
    $201,591

official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.

Does San Mateo County pay correctional officers more than other California employers?

Average total pay of full-year correctional officers: San Mateo County next to every California employer together.1

Full-year correctional officers at San Mateo County earned $75,792 more than the California average.

Average correctional officer pay in San Mateo County compared to nearby counties

Average total pay of full-year correctional officers across all employers in each county that borders San Mateo County, and how much more or less it pays.1

San Mateo County Shades match the state map.

Where does San Mateo County rank among California employers?

Every employer with at least 5 full-year correctional officers, by average total pay.1

All 43 California employers

San Mateo County ranks 2nd of 43, above the middle employer.

San Mateo County
$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $109,074

Each bar counts the employers whose average total pay falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the middle employer.

Pension and health cover at San Mateo County

As reported by the county. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year correctional officer, on top of wages.1

Pension formula
2.7% at 57
the most common formula among San Mateo County's correctional officers
Employer pension contribution
$66,425
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$22,121
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about correctional officer pay at San Mateo County

What is the average correctional officer salary at San Mateo County?

Correctional officers at San Mateo County who worked the full year earned an average of $201,591 in 2025, overtime included. The middle correctional officer earned $204,884: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its correctional officer titles runs from $101,442 to $126,818.

How much overtime do correctional officers at San Mateo County earn?

Full-year correctional officers were paid an average of $62,260 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $59,217: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What is the starting salary for a correctional officer at San Mateo County?

$101,442 a year: the bottom of the official range for San Mateo County's Sheriff's Correctional Officer title in 2025, as reported. Pay rises with steps and overtime; full-year officers averaged $201,591 in total pay.

What pension do correctional officers at San Mateo County get?

The most common pension formula among San Mateo County's correctional officers is 2.7% at 57, as reported by the county. The employer paid an average of $66,425 a year into the pension plan.

More public salaries at San Mateo County

Sources for the San Mateo County figures

Every person who held a correctional officer position at San Mateo County at any point in 2025 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who worked roughly the full year: those whose regular pay reached at least 90% of the bottom of their official range. Total pay is gross wages before tax, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Averages lead; the median total pay is the middle person's, with half above and half below, and is less pulled by a few people with very high pay. Every figure covers at least 5 people.

  1. State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by San Mateo County.

How we read the data