How much do Correctional Officers and Jailers make in Elmira, NY?

Percentile spread

For Correctional Officers and Jailers, the published 10th percentile is $64,010 and the 90th percentile is $85,070. The difference is $21,060, which is 27.4% 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 $72,140 to the 75th at $80,280, covers $8,140.

The mean annual wage is $75,050, which sits below the median of $76,820. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Elmira, NY median is 30.3% higher than the national median of $58,940 for Correctional Officers and Jailers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $81,379, which is 38.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the New York median of $76,820.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Elmira, NY is 94.398, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $76,820 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Correctional Officers and Jailers at $81,379 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

21 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Correctional Officers and Jailers. Elmira, NY ranks 2nd of 22 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).).

• Syracuse, NY is 66 miles away, with a median of $72,060 and employment of 530. That median is 6.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $75,265, against $81,379 here.
• Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA is 72 miles away, with a median of $61,800 and employment of 870. That median is 19.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,057, against $81,379 here.
• Rochester, NY is 82 miles away, with a median of $76,820 and employment of 1,390. That median is about the same as the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $79,167, against $81,379 here.

Employment share

Correctional Officers and Jailers accounts for 1.6% of wage-and-salary employment in Elmira, NY (550 of 33,600). Nationally the occupation is 0.24% of employment (380,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 6.69 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.