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Prisoners lucky enough to get one of the prized saddle-making jobs can earn the minimum hourly wage of $5.25 while many of their 1,500 peers doing other jobs at the Buena Vista Correctional Facility make about 60 cents a day.
On average, as of 2012 employment data, a correctional officer in the United States can expect to earn a mean annual salary of $43,555. This equates to roughly $21 per hour. The lower 10% salary range is $27,000 or $13 per hour, the median salary for correctional officers is $39,040, approximately $19, and on high end at the top 90% earn $69,600! One thing that isnât accounted for elsewhere is huge potential to make thousands of dollars annually by accepting lots of overtime.