New York City correction officer salary, 2025
New York City is one government for all five boroughs. Its correction officers and captains work for the Department of Correction, which runs the city's jails.1 8,081 people worked as correction officers for New York City in fiscal year 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $179,182, overtime included.
What is the average correction officer salary at New York City?
Official pay range2
$56,193 to $109,352
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest correction officer title
Based on the 4,590 of 8,081 correction officers who worked the full year.
Most of New York City's correction officers (8,081 of 8,081) hold the title Correction Officer (Department of Correction), with an official range of $56,193 to $109,352. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $179,182, $69,830 above the top of the range.
- Median total pay
- $180,420
- the middle correction officer: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- $57,208
- average per full-year correction officer
- Starting salary
- $56,193
- bottom of the Correction Officer (Department of Correction) range
- New York average
- $171,142
- average total pay at all 4 employers
What does each correction officer title at New York City 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.1,2 Official ranges are the city's current ones (2026), so they can be a little higher than the rates paid in fiscal year 2025. Hourly rates are shown as a yearly amount at the title's standard hours.
- Correction Officer (Department of Correction)$179,182
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Correctional captain pay at New York City
Ranks above officer, kept out of the officer figures on this page. Range: the lowest bottom and highest top of the rank's official ranges, from the city's current title list. Pay: average total pay of full-year staff, overtime included.1
| Rank | People | Official range | Average total pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Officers | 8,081 | $56,193 to $109,352 | $179,182 |
| Captains | 655 | $106,323 to $134,819 | $221,178 |
Does New York City pay correction officers more than other New York employers?
Average total pay of full-year correction officers: New York City next to every New York employer together.1
- New York City$179,182
- All employers in New York$171,142
Full-year correction officers at New York City earned $8,040 more than the New York average.
Questions about correction officer pay at New York City
What is the average correction officer salary at New York City?
Correction officers at New York City who worked the full year earned an average of $179,182 in fiscal year 2025, overtime included. The middle correction officer earned $180,420: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its correction officer titles runs from $56,193 to $109,352.
How much overtime do correction officers at New York City earn?
Full-year correction officers were paid an average of $57,208 in overtime in fiscal year 2025. The middle one was paid $53,415: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What is the starting salary for a correction officer at New York City?
$56,193 a year: the bottom of the current official range (2026) for New York City's Correction Officer (Department of Correction) title. Pay rises with steps and overtime; full-year officers averaged $179,182 in total pay.
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Sources for the New York City figures
Every person who held a correction officer position at New York City at any point in fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025) counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people still employed at the end of June 2025 who worked at least 90% of a full year's regular hours at their title's standard week. 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.
- City of New York, Citywide Payroll Data (Fiscal Year): titles, base salaries, regular pay, overtime and other pay of every city employee, fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025).
- City of New York, Department of Citywide Administrative Services, Civil Service Titles: official minimum and maximum pay per title, current list (2026).