How much do Correctional Officers and Jailers make in Barnstable Town, MA?

Percentile spread

For Correctional Officers and Jailers, the published 10th percentile is $64,370 and the 90th percentile is $97,920. The difference is $33,550, which is 39.7% 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 $64,370 to the 75th at $91,520, covers $27,150.

The mean annual wage is $80,630, which sits below the median of $84,610. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Barnstable Town, MA median is 43.6% higher than the national median of $58,940 for Correctional Officers and Jailers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $86,029, which is 46% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2% lower than the Massachusetts median of $86,310.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Barnstable Town, MA is 98.351, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $84,610 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Correctional Officers and Jailers at $86,029 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

7 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Correctional Officers and Jailers. Barnstable Town, MA ranks 3rd of 8 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).).

• Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 71 miles away, with a median of $89,060 and employment of 4,510. That median is 5.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $82,260, against $86,029 here.
• Worcester, MA is 100 miles away, with a median of $91,980 and employment of 640. That median is 8.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $89,716, against $86,029 here.
• Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT is 101 miles away, with a median of $64,750 and employment of 590. That median is 23.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,463, against $86,029 here.

Employment share

Correctional Officers and Jailers accounts for 0.19% of wage-and-salary employment in Barnstable Town, MA (180 of 94,110). Nationally the occupation is 0.24% of employment (380,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.78 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.