SOC 21-1092 · Community and Social Service Occupations · May 2025

How much do Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists make in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is $100,690. The 10th percentile is $84,040 and the 90th percentile is $158,290. Employment is 1,250.

Median annual wage

$100,690

10th percentile
$84,040
25th percentile
$94,370
Median
$100,690
75th percentile
$131,900
90th percentile
$158,290
Mean
$114,080

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

A transit bus driver standing beside a bus at a rest stop in Denali
Denali transit bus driver Gary at Teklanika Rest Stop, August 29, 2019. Photograph by Emily Mesner, National Park Service. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists, the published 10th percentile is $84,040 and the 90th percentile is $158,290. The difference is $74,250, which is 73.7% 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 $94,370 to the 75th at $131,900, covers $37,530.

The mean annual wage is $114,080, which sits above the median of $100,690. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA median is 51.9% higher than the national median of $66,270 for Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $94,394, which is 42.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.8% lower than the California median of $103,640.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 106.670, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $100,690 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists at $94,394 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

6 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA ranks 3rd of 7 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).).

  • Stockton-Lodi, CA is 61 miles away, with a median of $97,070 and employment of 240. That median is 3.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $92,369, against $94,394 here.
  • Chico, CA is 68 miles away, with a median of $76,250 and employment of 110. That median is 24.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $75,348, against $94,394 here.
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 98 miles away, with a median of $135,890 and employment of 830. That median is 35% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $117,539, against $94,394 here.

Employment share

Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists accounts for 0.12% of wage-and-salary employment in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA (1,250 of 1,080,590). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (89,390 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.01 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA · Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists make in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is $100,690. The 10th percentile is $84,040 and the 90th percentile is $158,290. Employment is 1,250.

How does that compare with the national median for Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists?

The local median is 51.9% higher than the national median of $66,270.

What is Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists pay in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 106.670, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $100,690 is $94,394. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA compare with nearby metros for Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists?

Stockton-Lodi, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 61 miles away, at $97,070. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA ranks 3rd of 7 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.