Louisville Metro (LMDC) correctional officer salary, 2025
Louisville Metro's Department of Corrections runs the jail of Louisville Metro, the merged government of Louisville and Jefferson County.1 279 people worked as correctional officers for Louisville Metro in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $82,100, overtime included.
What is the average correctional officer salary at Louisville Metro?
Based on the 188 of 279 correctional officers who worked the full year.
- Median total pay
- $76,721
- the middle correctional officer: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- $23,141
- average per full-year correctional officer
- Highest-paid title
- $82,100
- Corrections Officer, average total pay
- Correctional officers
- 279
- 188 of them worked the full year
What does each correctional officer title at Louisville Metro pay?
Each row is one title, from trainee to supervisor. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1 This employer's pay file has no official pay ranges, so none are shown.
- Corrections Officer$82,100
- Corrections Officer (lateral entry)Fewer than 5
average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Correctional sergeant, lieutenant and captain pay at Louisville Metro
Ranks above officer, kept out of the officer figures on this page. Pay: average total pay of full-year staff, overtime included.1
| Rank | People | Average total pay |
|---|---|---|
| Officers | 279 | $82,100 |
| Sergeants | 47 | $97,521 |
| Lieutenants | 12 | $108,836 |
| Captains | 8 | Fewer than 5 |
Full-year sergeants averaged $97,521, $15,421 more than officers.
Questions about correctional officer pay at Louisville Metro
What is the average correctional officer salary at Louisville Metro?
Correctional officers at Louisville Metro who worked the full year earned an average of $82,100 in 2025, overtime included. The middle correctional officer earned $76,721: half earned more, half less.
How much overtime do correctional officers at Louisville Metro earn?
Full-year correctional officers were paid an average of $23,141 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $20,431: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
How much does a correctional sergeant make at the LMDC?
Full-year sergeants at Louisville Metro averaged $97,521 in total pay in 2025, overtime included.
More public salaries at Louisville Metro
- Police officer salaries at Louisville Metro$112,274 average total pay
- 911 dispatcher salaries at Louisville Metro$100,547 average total pay
- Firefighter salaries at Louisville Metro$84,654 average total pay
- Librarian salaries at Louisville Metro$62,903 average total pay
- Paramedic and EMT salaries at Louisville Metro$111,116 average total pay
Sources for the Louisville Metro figures
Every person who held a correctional officer position at Louisville Metro at any point in 2025 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who were already on Louisville Metro's payroll in 2024 and whose base pay in 2025 reached at least 90% of their own annual rate. The file has no hours or hire dates, so this is the closest sign of a full year. 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.
- Louisville Metro Government, Louisville Metro KY Employee Salary Data (Louisville Open Data): title, department, annual rate, base pay, overtime, incentive and other pay of every Louisville Metro employee in 2025, and in 2024 to see who was already employed.