Massachusetts · 2025 pay · 4,305 people
How much does a correction officer make in Massachusetts?
$112,008typical pay for a correction officer in 2025
$91,390 – $133,461what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 6.5% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Office of the Comptroller (CTHRU) · Matches the agency's latest release · macomptroller.org ↗
Where correction officers work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- Department of Correction2,548 people$120,680
- Sheriff Department Essex418 people$93,989
- Sheriff Department Middlesex368 people$98,926
- Sheriff Department Suffolk335 people$111,757
- Sheriff Department Plymouth321 people$98,497
- Sheriff Department Bristol294 people$90,324
- Sheriff Department Dukes21 people$67,175
Pay by level
Levels with 5 or more people.
- Correction Officer1,318 people$99,213
- Correction Officer IV13 people$114,554
- Correction Officer I1,951 people$114,662
- Correction Officer II748 people$115,432
- Correction Officer V63 people$116,000
- Correction Officer III211 people$155,108
Highest-paid correction officers, 2025
- 1John DenehyCorrection Officer III · Department of Correction$360,528
- 2Edward JohansenCorrection Officer I · Department of Correction$354,357
- 3Thomas TocciCorrection Officer III · Department of Correction$343,248
- 4Dennis HenryCorrection Officer I · Department of Correction$327,180
- 5Camille ColangeloCorrection Officer II · Department of Correction$324,322
Common questions
How much does a correction officer make in Massachusetts?
The typical correction officer was paid $112,008 in 2025; most earned between $91,390 and $133,461. This counts all 4,305 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 21.2% of all pay for correction officers in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Correction Officer, at any level (for example "Correction Officer"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this