Santa Ana correctional officer salary, 2025

Santa Ana is a city in Orange County. 60 people worked as correctional officers for Santa Ana in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $120,002, overtime included.

What is the average correctional officer salary at Santa Ana?

Official pay range1

$80,508 to $97,872

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

Average total pay, full-year correctional officers1

$120,002

average base pay $91,936

Based on the 48 of 60 correctional officers who worked the full year.

Most of Santa Ana's correctional officers (57 of 60) hold the title Correctional Officer I, with an official range of $80,508 to $97,872. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $120,002, $22,130 above the top of the range.

Median total pay
$117,763
the middle correctional officer: half earned more, half less
Overtime
$17,018
average per full-year correctional officer
Starting salary
$80,508
bottom of the Correctional Officer range
Average pay rank
13th
of 43 California employers

What does each correctional officer title at Santa Ana 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. Correctional Officer$80,508 to $97,872 · fewer than 5 people
    Fewer than 5
  2. Correctional Officer I$80,508 to $97,872 · 57 people
    $120,002

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

Does Santa Ana pay correctional officers more than other California employers?

Average total pay of full-year correctional officers: Santa Ana next to every California employer together.1

Full-year correctional officers at Santa Ana earned $5,797 less than the California average.

Average correctional officer pay in Orange County compared to nearby counties

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

Orange County Shades match the state map.

Where does Santa Ana rank among California employers?

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

All 43 California employers

Santa Ana ranks 13th of 43, above the middle employer.

Santa Ana
$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 Santa Ana

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

Pension formula
2% at 62
the most common formula among Santa Ana's correctional officers
Employer pension contribution
$12,471
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$18,077
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about correctional officer pay at Santa Ana

What is the average correctional officer salary at Santa Ana?

Correctional officers at Santa Ana who worked the full year earned an average of $120,002 in 2025, overtime included. The middle correctional officer earned $117,763: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its correctional officer titles runs from $80,508 to $97,872.

How much overtime do correctional officers at Santa Ana earn?

Full-year correctional officers were paid an average of $17,018 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $14,190: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What is the starting salary for a correctional officer at Santa Ana?

$80,508 a year: the bottom of the official range for Santa Ana's Correctional Officer title in 2025, as reported. Pay rises with steps and overtime; full-year officers averaged $120,002 in total pay.

What pension do correctional officers at Santa Ana get?

The most common pension formula among Santa Ana's correctional officers is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $12,471 a year into the pension plan.

More public salaries at Santa Ana

Sources for the Santa Ana figures

Every person who held a correctional officer position at Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana.

How we read the data