Suffolk County correction officer salary, 2024
Suffolk County's correction officers work for the Sheriff's Office, which runs the county's jails.1 743 people worked as correction officers for Suffolk County in 2024. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $137,847, overtime included.
What is the average correction officer salary at Suffolk County?
Based on the 595 of 743 correction officers who worked the full year.
- Median total pay
- $135,120
- the middle correction officer: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- $40,813
- average per full-year correction officer
- Highest-paid title
- $137,847
- Correction Officer I, average total pay
- New York average
- $171,142
- average total pay at all 4 employers
What does each correction officer title at Suffolk County 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.
- Correction Officer I$137,847
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 Suffolk County
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 | 743 | $137,847 |
| Sergeants | 88 | $201,352 |
| Lieutenants | 26 | $229,773 |
| Captains | 7 | $246,041 |
Full-year sergeants averaged $201,352, $63,505 more than officers.
Does Suffolk County pay correction officers more than other New York employers?
Average total pay of full-year correction officers: Suffolk County next to every New York employer together.1
- Suffolk County$137,847
- All employers in New York$171,142
Full-year correction officers at Suffolk County earned $33,295 less than the New York average.
Questions about correction officer pay at Suffolk County
What is the average correction officer salary at Suffolk County?
Correction officers at Suffolk County who worked the full year earned an average of $137,847 in 2024, overtime included. The middle correction officer earned $135,120: half earned more, half less.
How much overtime do correction officers at Suffolk County earn?
Full-year correction officers were paid an average of $40,813 in overtime in 2024. The middle one was paid $32,874: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
How much does a correctional sergeant make at Suffolk County?
Full-year sergeants at Suffolk County averaged $201,352 in total pay in 2024, overtime included.
More public salaries at Suffolk County
Sources for the Suffolk County figures
Every person who held a correction officer position at Suffolk County at any point in 2024 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who held the same title in 2023 and 2024, were still employed at the end of 2024, and whose 2024 regular earnings reached at least 90% of their 2023 earnings. The county's file has no hours, 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.
- Suffolk County, County Salaries by Department 2024 and 2023: each county employee's most recent title, hire and end dates, regular earnings, overtime and total pay in 2024; the 2023 file shows who held the same title a year earlier.