Jailkeepers

Median Salary: $39,100

Many jailkeepers across the United States share a handful of key professional characteristics. For example, dependability, attention to detail, and persistence can be critical for success in the industry, especially when mixed with career training. Around 455,350 people were working as jailkeepers nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's crucial to cultivate these attributes and receive formal training, particularly if you're looking to advance in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for jailkeepers in the U.S. was $39,100 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $18.80. Of course, income can vary with training and by locale. Below, you'll find more data about jailkeepers, including wages and job density for metro areas all over the United States.

Jailkeepers should be skilled in:

Oral Expression
Selective Attention
Information Ordering
Written Expression
Flexibility of Closure

Different people go into different careers; jailkeepers are typically:

Realistic
Enterprising
Conventional

Working as a jailkeeper requires knowledge in subjects like:

Public Safety and Security
Law and Government
Psychology
Computers and Electronics
Customer and Personal Service

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Below, you'll see links to more information on the top cities for this occupation (based on the number of people working as jailkeepers). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of jailkeepers in each city as compared to the national average.

Alabama
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anniston	NA	$27,400	$13.20	$33,800	$16.30	NA
Birmingham	1,220	$34,300	$16.50	$40,200	$19.30	-28.9%
Decatur	180	$24,700	$11.90	$29,400	$14.10	-1.6%
Dothan	100	$27,800	$13.40	$31,400	$15.10	-49%
Florence	60	$23,400	$11.30	$27,000	$13.00	-63.1%
Montgomery	1,220	$34,500	$16.60	$41,500	$19.90	114.1%
Tuscaloosa	140	$33,200	$15.90	$37,900	$18.20	-55.9%

Arizona
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Phoenix	7,340	$39,000	$18.80	$45,200	$21.80	19.4%
Yuma	680	$36,100	$17.40	$41,300	$19.90	233.1%

Arkansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fayetteville	330	$32,900	$15.80	$36,700	$17.70	-51.4%
Fort Smith	220	$21,000	$10.10	$25,700	$12.30	-46.3%
Jonesboro	NA	$24,100	$11.60	$25,800	$12.40	NA
Little Rock	420	$26,800	$12.90	$31,000	$14.90	-63.3%

California
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bakersfield	4,960	$69,400	$33.40	$82,700	$39.80	436%
Los Angeles (Area)	1,110	$53,800	$25.80	$60,900	$29.30	-77.8%
Sacramento	2,500	$63,900	$30.70	$81,600	$39.20	-16%
San Francisco (Area)	1,350	$76,800	$36.90	$85,500	$41.10	-60.6%
San Francisco (City)	1,350	$76,800	$36.90	$85,500	$41.10	-60.6%
San Jose	NA	$63,500	$30.50	$86,700	$41.70	NA

Colorado
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Colorado Springs	550	$46,400	$22.30	$53,700	$25.80	-35.5%
Denver	1,890	$48,600	$23.30	$61,800	$29.70	-55.5%

District of Columbia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	NA	$46,600	$22.40	$55,900	$26.90	NA

Florida
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Jacksonville	1,310	$37,400	$18.00	$44,800	$21.60	-35.5%
Orlando	2,680	$37,800	$18.20	$45,500	$21.90	-22.2%
Pensacola	1,550	$34,900	$16.80	$37,600	$18.10	193.1%
Tallahassee	1,540	NA	NA	NA	NA	174.3%
Tampa	3,010	$45,100	$21.70	$55,400	$26.60	-23.6%

Georgia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Athens	80	$22,900	$11.00	$34,100	$16.40	-69.8%
Atlanta	4,360	$31,000	$14.90	$38,000	$18.30	-45.4%
Augusta	1,140	$29,200	$14.00	$33,900	$16.30	59.7%
Columbus	510	$28,300	$13.60	$30,400	$14.60	29.5%
Macon	640	$28,500	$13.70	$30,900	$14.90	91%
Savannah	720	$29,900	$14.40	$36,300	$17.50	38.4%

Hawaii
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	1,300	$45,500	$21.90	$51,500	$24.80	-13.7%

Idaho
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Idaho Falls	90	$34,500	$16.60	$37,000	$17.80	-46.4%
Pocatello	80	$35,000	$16.80	$39,400	$18.90	-35.6%

Illinois
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Champaign	100	$25,000	$12.00	$32,500	$15.60	-72.5%
Chicago (Area)	5,200	$42,400	$20.40	$46,200	$22.20	-51%

Indiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Evansville	200	$33,700	$16.20	$38,100	$18.30	-65.3%
Fort Wayne	250	NA	NA	NA	NA	-64.1%
Indianapolis	2,220	$31,400	$15.10	$35,300	$17.00	-27%
Terre Haute	890	$37,900	$18.20	$47,600	$22.90	278.9%

Iowa
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Davenport	310	$49,500	$23.80	$54,200	$26.10	-51.1%
Des Moines	320	$46,400	$22.30	$55,200	$26.50	-71.3%

Kansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Topeka	860	$28,700	$13.80	$32,700	$15.70	124.6%

Kentucky
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lexington	580	$27,600	$13.30	$46,900	$22.60	-31.5%
Louisville	1,520	$28,000	$13.50	$32,800	$15.80	-26.5%

Louisiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Alexandria	640	$40,400	$19.40	$49,600	$23.80	191.9%
Baton Rouge	3,130	$31,100	$14.90	$38,300	$18.40	146.3%
Houma	270	$33,300	$16.00	$38,000	$18.30	-19.5%
Lafayette	350	$26,900	$12.90	$34,200	$16.50	-31.8%
New Orleans	1,360	$25,300	$12.20	$33,300	$16.00	-23.4%
Shreveport	580	NA	NA	NA	NA	-4.6%

Maine
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Portland	430	$34,600	$16.60	$38,200	$18.30	-36.8%

Maryland
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	5,510	$44,200	$21.30	$50,100	$24.10	25.6%
Cumberland	1,060	$44,400	$21.40	$50,400	$24.20	704.2%
Salisbury	910	$44,300	$21.30	$51,100	$24.60	388.1%

Michigan
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ann Arbor	790	$53,300	$25.60	$58,000	$27.90	18.8%
Detroit (Area)	1,940	$50,400	$24.20	$55,400	$26.70	-68.4%
Kalamazoo	40	$42,800	$20.60	$47,400	$22.80	-90.5%
Lansing	170	$47,100	$22.60	$54,900	$26.40	-75.7%

Minnesota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Duluth	NA	$45,700	$22.00	$51,900	$25.00	NA
Minneapolis	2,910	$44,800	$21.60	$51,700	$24.90	-51.7%

Mississippi
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Gulfport	300	$24,400	$11.70	$27,700	$13.30	-16.7%
Hattiesburg	NA	$23,500	$11.30	$26,500	$12.70	NA
Jackson	770	$24,600	$11.80	$28,000	$13.50	-10.1%

Missouri
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Kansas City	2,250	$30,100	$14.50	$37,600	$18.10	-34.6%
St. Louis	2,450	$34,700	$16.70	$45,800	$22.00	-46%

Nebraska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Omaha	400	$29,800	$14.30	$35,300	$17.00	-74.9%

Nevada
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Las Vegas	1,740	$58,700	$28.20	$72,400	$34.80	-41.7%

New Jersey
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Trenton	NA	$65,700	$31.60	$71,600	$34.40	NA

New Mexico
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albuquerque	1,660	$35,700	$17.20	$50,200	$24.10	24.4%

New York
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	1,020	$52,100	$25.10	$56,700	$27.30	-32.6%
New York (Area)	4,990	$66,700	$32.10	$76,000	$36.50	-26.8%
Rochester	2,010	NA	NA	NA	NA	17.5%

North Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charlotte	1,660	$33,900	$16.30	$37,400	$18.00	-43.2%
Durham	390	$32,700	$15.70	$36,500	$17.50	-59.1%
Greensboro	530	$36,400	$17.50	$41,900	$20.10	-56.1%
Hickory	1,100	$28,600	$13.70	$31,500	$15.10	119.2%
Wilmington	410	$30,800	$14.80	$34,500	$16.60	-15.9%

North Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bismarck	170	$33,600	$16.10	$38,300	$18.40	-21%
Fargo	NA	$36,900	$17.70	$40,800	$19.60	NA

Ohio
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	160	$34,200	$16.50	$40,200	$19.30	-85.7%
Canton	350	$34,000	$16.30	$41,200	$19.80	-40.1%
Cincinnati	1,560	$37,600	$18.10	$42,700	$20.50	-55.2%
Cleveland	2,130	$38,500	$18.50	$42,500	$20.40	-39.1%
Dayton	360	$40,600	$19.50	$44,400	$21.30	-72.3%
Toledo	680	$38,300	$18.40	$43,200	$20.80	-33.3%
Youngstown	1,400	$40,100	$19.30	$44,500	$21.40	82.8%

Oklahoma
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawton	590	$24,300	$11.70	$26,100	$12.50	311.7%
Oklahoma City	2,370	$29,000	$13.90	$36,800	$17.70	20.5%
Tulsa	1,130	$27,100	$13.00	$30,400	$14.60	-23.2%

Oregon
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Portland	1,640	$52,300	$25.20	$59,300	$28.50	-52.8%

Pennsylvania
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	520	$40,200	$19.30	$47,100	$22.60	-54.4%
Harrisburg	870	$44,400	$21.40	$52,500	$25.30	-19.8%
Philadelphia (Area)	3,060	$50,200	$24.10	$57,000	$27.40	-3.2%
Pittsburgh	1,680	$45,800	$22.00	$57,300	$27.50	-56.7%
Scranton	1,090	$42,800	$20.60	$51,400	$24.70	23.7%

Rhode Island
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	NA	$50,700	$24.40	$55,900	$26.90	NA

South Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	880	$31,200	$15.00	$35,400	$17.00	-9.9%
Florence	160	$28,700	$13.80	$31,900	$15.30	-44.2%
Greenville	470	NA	NA	NA	NA	-54.5%
Myrtle Beach	170	$31,600	$15.20	$34,600	$16.60	-56.5%

Tennessee
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Johnson City	130	$26,700	$12.80	$30,000	$14.40	-52.2%
Kingsport	380	$30,400	$14.60	$33,900	$16.30	-6%
Knoxville	280	$29,500	$14.20	$33,000	$15.90	-75.4%
Memphis	2,780	NA	NA	NA	NA	31.6%
Nashville	2,240	$28,900	$13.90	$33,800	$16.20	-10.8%

Texas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Abilene	970	$33,500	$16.10	$36,100	$17.30	340.2%
Amarillo	1,220	$32,800	$15.80	$36,100	$17.30	222.4%
Austin	1,290	$32,200	$15.50	$37,900	$18.20	-51.9%
Brownsville	500	$27,800	$13.40	$30,000	$14.40	15.8%
College Station	400	$34,000	$16.40	$36,700	$17.70	26.3%
Dallas (Area)	5,410	$35,700	$17.20	$42,400	$20.40	-46.5%
Houston	7,210	$33,600	$16.20	$36,400	$17.50	-19.4%
Killeen	2,750	$32,300	$15.50	$35,400	$17.00	550.8%
Laredo	410	$29,300	$14.10	$36,800	$17.70	36.3%
Longview	770	$23,300	$11.20	$25,300	$12.20	133.3%
McAllen	1,050	$32,700	$15.70	$35,500	$17.10	37.3%
San Antonio	2,640	$33,500	$16.10	$37,700	$18.10	-9.6%
Texarkana	560	$33,100	$15.90	$37,700	$18.10	197.8%

Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Blacksburg	260	$33,200	$16.00	$36,300	$17.50	19.3%
Lynchburg	300	$32,300	$15.50	$35,800	$17.20	-14.6%
Richmond	3,290	$34,700	$16.70	$38,100	$18.30	58.3%
Roanoke	410	$37,100	$17.80	$44,200	$21.30	-24%
Virginia Beach	2,220	$36,300	$17.50	$40,900	$19.70	-13.3%
Winchester	150	$33,600	$16.20	$41,000	$19.70	-20%

Washington
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Seattle (Area)	1,030	$47,300	$22.80	$59,800	$28.80	11.6%
Wenatchee	200	$40,000	$19.20	$43,100	$20.70	47.3%

West Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Huntington	250	$45,800	$22.00	$56,100	$27.00	-36.1%
Morgantown	340	$47,000	$22.60	$53,500	$25.70	73.4%

Wisconsin
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Appleton	110	$45,600	$21.90	$49,600	$23.80	-73.6%
Eau Claire	390	$39,900	$19.20	$45,500	$21.90	49%
Green Bay	320	$42,800	$20.60	$50,900	$24.50	-44%
Madison	530	$43,600	$21.00	$50,700	$24.40	-53.7%
Milwaukee	620	$46,200	$22.20	$55,000	$26.40	-78.2%