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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.
Median annual wages of first-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers were $57,380 in May 2008. The middle 50 percent earned between $41,740 and $73,630. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $32,300, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $86,970. Median annual wages were $57,050 in State government and $57,300 in local government. In March 2009, the average salary for Federal correctional officers was $53,459. Federal salaries were slightly higher in areas where prevailing local pay levels were higher.