Bailiffs salary

SOC 33-3011 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$56,600

per year, nationally

Middle half

$43,720–$74,630

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

17,310

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

-2.2%

1,800 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$32,140$96,770

10th: $32,140
25th: $43,720
Median: $56,600
75th: $74,630
90th: $96,770

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where bailiffs earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Connecticut	$111,890	103.6	40	0.20×
2	Alaska	$90,600	102.4	60	1.71×
3	Massachusetts	$86,730	105.8	930	2.30×
4	Washington	$78,290	107.0	180	0.45×
5	New York	$77,540	107.9	3,830	3.56×
6	Nebraska	$76,090	90.1	50	0.47×
7	Nevada	$71,230	100.0	210	1.20×
8	Kansas	$69,390	90.1	450	2.79×
9	Colorado	$63,320	103.1	70	0.21×
10	Maine	$62,800	97.0	110	1.51×
11	Georgia	$62,400	96.3	670	1.24×
12	Virginia	$62,290	101.1	320	0.70×
13	Texas	$60,300	97.1	590	0.37×
14	Maryland	$59,470	105.0	410	1.34×
15	Florida	$59,000	103.4	940	0.85×
16	Utah	$57,290	98.9	40	0.20×
17	Oregon	$57,140	103.4	80	0.35×
18	North Carolina	$56,100	94.3	250	0.45×
19	Michigan	$53,810	96.2	780	1.59×
20	Iowa	$52,100	87.8	60	0.34×
21	Ohio	$51,060	92.8	1,640	2.66×
22	Idaho	$50,350	95.5	110	1.11×
23	Minnesota	$49,890	98.6	40	0.11×
24	Hawaii	$48,940	110.0	50	0.67×
25	Pennsylvania	$47,600	97.6	610	0.91×
26	Montana	$46,800	94.6	40	0.71×
27	Illinois	$46,390	100.0	960	1.42×
28	Arizona	$46,390	100.7	270	0.74×
29	Arkansas	$45,090	86.9	140	0.93×
30	Louisiana	$44,040	88.2	90	0.43×
31	Missouri	$44,040	90.8	280	0.85×
32	New Jersey	$43,690	108.8	50	0.11×
33	Indiana	$43,000	93.3	510	1.42×
34	Alabama	$42,300	88.8	150	0.62×
35	Oklahoma	$42,000	87.8	180	0.96×
36	New Hampshire	$41,010	104.2	60	0.78×
37	Wisconsin	$39,080	94.1	250	0.76×
38	Wyoming	$38,360	92.7	50	1.57×
39	Mississippi	$38,200	87.0	180	1.36×
40	West Virginia	$36,250	89.5	160	1.99×
41	Tennessee	$35,990	91.9	100	0.28×
42	South Carolina	$34,280	93.7	270	1.04×
43	Kentucky	$30,760	90.2	760	3.42×
44	North Dakota	$27,560	89.0	170	3.65×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where bailiffs wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for bailiffs

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Warner Robins, GA	$164,040	93.8	40	5.06×
2	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$164,040	100.1	220	0.69×
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$100,570	111.1	110	0.48×
4	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$83,360	112.6	2,730	2.58×
5	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$82,590	100.9	60	0.38×
6	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$79,570	108.3	550	1.83×
7	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$79,040	103.1	80	0.18×
8	Syracuse, NY	$75,920	95.7	90	2.63×
9	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$74,030	99.6	190	3.73×
10	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$73,660	95.8	160	2.76×
11	Binghamton, NY	$72,500	92.9	30	3.18×
12	Rochester, NY	$72,450	97.0	120	2.13×
13	Glens Falls, NY	$71,670	94.9	30	5.45×
14	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$71,460	98.6	80	0.22×
15	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$71,230	100.2	160	1.23×
16	Topeka, KS	$69,390	88.8	40	3.42×
17	Wichita, KS	$69,390	88.9	80	2.41×
18	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$66,980	98.2	30	0.40×
19	Kansas City, MO-KS	$64,460	92.5	170	1.39×
20	Portland-South Portland, ME	$62,800	101.9	40	1.09×
21	Richmond, VA	$61,470	97.9	30	0.43×
22	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$61,240	108.9	260	0.75×
23	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$60,950	101.4	80	0.51×
24	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$60,660	109.4	140	4.71×
25	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$59,470	104.5	170	1.10×
26	Utica-Rome, NY	$59,450	92.7	70	4.96×
27	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$59,450	95.4	390	3.18×
28	Tallahassee, FL	$59,320	93.9	80	4.02×
29	Kingston, NY	$57,920	100.7	40	6.68×
30	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$57,670	92.6	30	0.60×
31	Jacksonville, FL	$57,530	99.5	250	2.90×
32	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$57,260	94.7	40	0.35×
33	Toledo, OH	$56,010	91.5	120	3.58×
34	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$55,890	92.7	90	2.07×
35	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$55,750	100.3	360	1.69×
36	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	$55,690	85.9	40	1.26×
37	Akron, OH	$55,660	93.4	70	1.92×
38	Pittsburgh, PA	$55,240	94.7	80	0.67×
39	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$55,010	95.5	70	1.03×
40	Champaign-Urbana, IL	$54,810	92.7	70	5.99×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where bailiffs wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$76,210
Correctional Officers and Jailers$58,940
Detectives and Criminal Investigators$93,790
Parking Enforcement Workers$46,730
Fish and Game Wardens$74,060
Transit and Railroad Police$90,230