Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
SOC 21-1092 · 2024-2034
Provide social services to assist in rehabilitation of law offenders in custody or on probation or parole. Make recommendations for actions involving formulation of rehabilitation plan and treatment of offender, including conditional release and education and employment stipulations.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $106,541per year
- Projected openings
- 12,420
- Projected change
- +5%
- Usually needs
- Bachelor's degree
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Social Perceptiveness
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $143,343 | 410 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $135,121 | 280 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $134,895 | 360 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $112,260 | 140 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $110,449 | 3,030 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $102,841 | 1,130 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $101,372 | 950 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $100,357 | 280 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $99,492 | 110 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $95,394 | 750 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $87,947 | 460 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $87,053 | 130 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $79,709 | 130 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $74,861 | 170 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | Not reported | 470 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | Not reported | 80 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | Not reported | 240 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | Not reported | 90 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | Not reported | 100 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | Not reported | 170 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | Not reported | 180 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | Not reported | 80 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | Not reported | 70 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | Not reported | 130 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | Not reported | 80 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | Not reported | 200 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | Not reported | 130 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | Not reported | 110 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | Not reported | 60 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $66,635
- A quarter earn under
- $82,548
- Half earn under
- $106,541
- Three quarters earn under
- $126,998
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $144,896
A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Correctional Officers and Jailers | $98,811 | 31,850 | -5.1% |
| Child, Family, and School Social Workers | $67,025 | 60,640 | +14.1% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers | $134,534 | 3,810 | 0% |
| Rehabilitation Counselors | $45,725 | 17,450 | +14.8% |
| Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers | $81,211 | 22,620 | +20.1% |
| Social and Human Service Assistants | $52,520 | 73,580 | +16.1% |
Programs that train for this job — 3
Law Enforcement-Administration of Justice: Certificate of Achievement
Napa Valley College · Napa · $1,954
ADJUS: AS Degree in Admin. of Justice
Diablo Valley College · Pleasant Hill · $4,753
ADJUS Juvenile Counseling Certificate
Diablo Valley College · Pleasant Hill · $1,600