Massachusetts · 2025 pay · 13,224 people
How much are state corrections employees paid in Massachusetts?
$98,070typical pay for state corrections employees, 2025
$67,385 – $121,662what most people earned
Counts everyone paid during the year, including part-year workers, at the 18 employers listed below.
✓ Official data from Office of the Comptroller (CTHRU) · Matches the agency's latest release · macomptroller.org ↗
Pay by employer
Typical pay counts everyone paid during each employer's latest year.
- Department of Correction4,153 people$113,150
- Sheriff Department Hampden1,861 people$73,719
- Sheriff Department Suffolk1,018 people$112,759
- Department of Youth Services951 people$81,873
- Sheriff Department Plymouth793 people$91,502
- Sheriff Department Middlesex779 people$97,582
- Sheriff Department Essex654 people$97,068
- Sheriff Department Worcester637 people$85,677
- Sheriff Department Bristol579 people$83,780
- Sheriff Department Barnstable400 people$104,984
- Sheriff Department Norfolk341 people$98,281
- Sheriff Department Franklin275 people$83,237
- Sheriff Department Berkshire262 people$82,258
- Sheriff Department Hampshire249 people$80,685
- Parole Board197 people$107,301
- Sheriff Department Dukes63 people$96,975
- Sheriff Department Nantucket6 people$80,059
- Sheriffs Department Association6 people$85,635
No employers match.
Other types of employer in Massachusetts
- State government88,776 people$89,862
- Colleges and universities48,103 people$53,483
- State social services agencies14,383 people$79,318
- State courts and legal offices11,270 people$82,773
- State health agencies10,792 people$91,648
- State police and public safety6,572 people$92,911
- State environment and natural resources agencies5,219 people$64,439
- State revenue and finance agencies3,173 people$97,375
- State education agencies1,744 people$99,700
- State administration and technology agencies1,409 people$106,003
- State regulation and licensing agencies1,342 people$94,988
- State legislature1,177 people$68,969
- State veterans agencies976 people$68,181
- State economic development and housing agencies731 people$97,474
- Governor's and statewide elected offices646 people$54,016
- Housing and community development501 people$123,622
Each employer is placed in one type, following the US Census Bureau's types of government; state agencies are also grouped by what they do. This page: State agencies: Corrections. Employers we could not place with confidence are left out. "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this