Georgia Department of Corrections correctional officer salary, 2025
The Georgia Department of Corrections is the state agency that runs Georgia's prisons. Open Georgia's file lists its officers without the prison each works in, so it counts as one employer here, compared only with the state as a whole.1 4,071 people worked as correctional officers for Georgia Department of Corrections in fiscal 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $62,063, overtime included.
What is the average correctional officer salary at Georgia Department of Corrections?
Full-year correctional officers1
2,292 of 4,071
our best estimate from Georgia's file: how reliable are the Georgia figures?
Based on the 2,292 of 4,071 correctional officers who worked the full year.
- Median total pay
- $58,631
- the middle correctional officer: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- In total pay
- Georgia's file doesn't list it separately
- Highest-paid title
- $73,986
- CSM Correctional Officer 3, average total pay
- Georgia average
- $62,570
- average total pay at all 2 employers
What does each correctional officer title at Georgia Department of Corrections 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.
- CSM Correctional Officer 1$38,695
- Correctional Officer 1$36,090
- CSM Correctional Officer 2$62,826
- Correctional Officer 2$52,915
- CSM Correctional Officer 3$73,986
- Correctional Officer 3$62,411
average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Correctional sergeant and lieutenant pay at Georgia Department of Corrections
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 | 4,071 | $62,063 |
| Sergeants | 547 | $72,569 |
| Lieutenants | 318 | $84,407 |
Full-year sergeants averaged $72,569, $10,506 more than officers.
Does Georgia Department of Corrections pay correctional officers more than other Georgia employers?
Average total pay of full-year correctional officers: Georgia Department of Corrections next to every Georgia employer together.1
- Georgia Department of Corrections$62,063
- All employers in Georgia$62,570
Full-year correctional officers at Georgia Department of Corrections earned $507 less than the Georgia average.
Questions about correctional officer pay at Georgia Department of Corrections
What is the average correctional officer salary at Georgia Department of Corrections?
Correctional officers at Georgia Department of Corrections who worked the full year earned an average of $62,063 in fiscal 2025, overtime included. The middle correctional officer earned $58,631: half earned more, half less.
How much does a correctional sergeant make at Georgia Department of Corrections?
Full-year sergeants at Georgia Department of Corrections averaged $72,569 in total pay in fiscal 2025, overtime included.
Sources for the Georgia Department of Corrections figures
Every person who held a correctional officer position at Georgia Department of Corrections at any point in fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025) counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people the same employer also paid in fiscal 2024 who were paid at least 90% as much in fiscal 2025, and at least a full year at the federal minimum wage. Open Georgia's file has no hours or start dates, so this is the closest sign of a full year. The Department of Audits and Accounts compiles the file and says it has not audited or reviewed it. 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.
- Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts, Open Georgia, salaries and travel, fiscal years 2024 and 2025: title and total pay of every school district and state agency employee, July 2024 to June 2025, and the year before to see who worked the full year.