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As of 2011, the highest-paying state for corrections officers was New Jersey, where the average salary was $69,840 a year. California ranked second at $66,540, followed by Massachusetts at $57,450, New York at $56,900 and Alaska at $55,380.
New York corrections officers earn competitive wages. The mean hourly wage for corrections officers in New York state was $30.69 per hour as of 2013, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Annually, the BLS states that New York state corrections officers earn $63,840 on average.orrections officers in New York have the potential to earn considerably more than average. According to the New York payroll database SeeThroughNY.com, the top earning corrections officer in 2013 earned $166,135. In the same year, 14 New York corrections officers earned in excess of $150,000.