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The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has 100 different facilities throughout the State and employs approximately 20,000 Correctional Officers. If you want a stable career with benefits, free uniforms, paid training, ability to work overtime, and career growth, then a Correctional Officer position is for you. Contact us today to find the right unit for you.
If you like to travel, then you definitely want to check out the Mobile Correctional Officer positions available. You will receive paid on the job training as well as having your meals and lodging paid for while working. Our Mobile Correctional Officers will travel around to units in each region to relieve staff or help where needed, when needed. Being a Mobile Correctional Officer allows you to experience different types of units and situations that you might not get to experience being housed at one location.
Correctional Officer Salary
The table below contains salary information for full-time Correctional Officers at each level of the career ladder.
Full-Time Correctional Officer Salary
Effective April 1, 2022
*Salary rates may differ for return-to-work retirees who are not ERS contributors.
**Correctional staff working on maximum-security facilities will receive an additional 3% as maximum-security differential (MSD) pay. Maximum-Security Facilities: Allred, Beto, Clements, Coffield, Connally, Darrington, Ellis, Estelle, Ferguson, Hughes, Lewis, McConnell, Michael, Montford, Polunsky, Robertson, Scott, Skyview, Smith, Stiles, Telford, Wainwright, Wynne
A veteran who has completed at least two years active military service and been discharged under honorable conditions, or an applicant who has earned an associate's or bachelor's degree from an accredited college will start as a Correctional Officer IV, pay level 4, $3,776.91 per month. Regular promotions within the career path continue, progressing to $4,278.20 at 61 months of TDCJ service.
A CO applicant with prior government correctional custody or law enforcement experience within the 36-month period preceding date of hire shall be hired at a pay level corresponding with the months of service if dates of employment are verified by former employer and the applicant left employer in good standing.
Full-Time Correctional Officer Salary
Effective April 1, 2022
The table below contains salary information for part-time Correctional Officers at each level of the career ladder.
*Salary rates may differ for return-to-work retirees who are not ERS contributors.
**Correctional staff working on maximum-security facilities will receive an additional 3% as maximum-security differential (MSD) pay. Maximum-Security Facilities: Allred, Beto, Clements, Coffield, Connally, Darrington, Ellis, Estelle, Ferguson, Hughes, Lewis, McConnell, Michael, Montford, Polunsky, Robertson, Scott, Skyview, Smith, Stiles, Telford, Wainwright, Wynne
Note: New part-time Correctional Officers attend the training academy for 6 weeks and on-the-job training at their unit of assignment for 2 weeks on a full-time basis. During this period, officers receive $3,472.82. For any remaining part of the 2nd month of employment, the part-time salary is $1,736.41.
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice
magan.harris@tdcj.texas.gov
(936) 437-3250
