How much do Correctional Officers and Jailers make in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ?

Percentile spread

For Correctional Officers and Jailers, the published 10th percentile is $41,390 and the 90th percentile is $71,130. The difference is $29,740, which is 57.2% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $46,100 to the 75th at $71,130, covers $25,030.

The mean annual wage is $56,380, which sits above the median of $51,990. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ median is 11.8% lower than the national median of $58,940 for Correctional Officers and Jailers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $52,007, which is 11.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 18.1% lower than the Pennsylvania median of $63,460.

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Pennsylvania, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ is 99.968, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $51,990 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Correctional Officers and Jailers at $52,007 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

24 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Correctional Officers and Jailers. Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ ranks 25th of 25 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Reading, PA is 38 miles away, with a median of $69,400 and employment of 240. That median is 33.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,502, against $52,007 here.
• Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA is 45 miles away, with a median of $61,800 and employment of 870. That median is 18.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,057, against $52,007 here.
• Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 62 miles away, with a median of $67,200 and employment of 5,570. That median is 29.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,526, against $52,007 here.

Employment share

Correctional Officers and Jailers accounts for 0.14% of wage-and-salary employment in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ (520 of 377,180). Nationally the occupation is 0.24% of employment (380,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.56 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.