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What correctional officers make
Median
$75,000
Lower end
$60,000
Upper end
$96,000
Job Bank's national median is $36.15 an hour, about $75,000 a year at 40 hours a week. The lower and upper ends are Job Bank's low and high wages for everyone in the group, $28.85 and $46.15 an hour. The group covers provincial officers and federal officers with the CSC (Correctional Service Canada), who are paid on separate scales, and overtime is often heavy.