What are the main factors that influence a Correction Technician's salary?

The primary factors are: 1) Experience Level, 2) Geographic Location, 3) Education/Skills, 4) Company Size & Industry

How does experience change A Correction Technician's salary?

A Correction Technician's salary grows with experience: starting around $50,333 for beginners, reaching about $51,774 at mid-level, and approach $52,114 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for a Correction Technician?

Correction Technician salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Correction Technician roles are District of Columbia $58,640, California $58,418, Massachusetts $57,639. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Correction Technician roles make?

Salaries for Correction Technician level roles vary by specialization: Technician: $90,293; Or Technician: $87,044; Ophthalmic Technician: $67,427; Mathematical Technician: $65,119; Radiation Technician: $63,963.

Correction Technician Salary in Maine

How much does a Correction Technician make in Maine? As of August 01, 2026, the average salary for a Correction Technician in Maine is $51,639 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $25.

However, a Correction Technician's salary can vary significantly. Here's a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $60,977
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $47,801 to $56,527
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $44,308

10% $44,308

50% (Median) $51,639

90% $60,977

Correction Technician Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$56,527	$4,711	$1,087	$27
Average	$51,639	$4,303	$993	$25
25th Percentile	$47,801	$3,983	$919	$23

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Key Factors That Influence Correction Technician Salaries

A Correction Technician's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Correction Technician Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Correction Technician's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $50,333
Early Career (1-2 years): $50,756
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $51,774
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $51,978
Expert (over 8 years): $52,114

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
Entry Level Correction Technician	less than 1 year	$50,333
Early Career Level Correction Technician	1-2 years	$50,756
Mid-Level Level Correction Technician	2-4 years	$51,774
Senior-Level Level Correction Technician	5-8 years	$51,978
Expert Level Correction Technician	over 8 years	$52,114

How Do Correction Technician Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Correction Technicians. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $58,640.
California: $58,418.
Massachusetts: $57,639.

District of Columbia $58,640 California $58,418 Massachusetts $57,639 Washington $57,428 New Jersey $57,406 Alaska $57,332 Connecticut $56,601 New York $56,305

Hawaii $55,357 Rhode Island $54,912 Maryland $54,610 Minnesota $54,197 Colorado $54,038 Illinois $53,985 Oregon $53,784 Delaware $53,635

New Hampshire $53,542 Virginia $53,334 Pennsylvania $52,724 Nevada $52,417 North Dakota $52,317 Michigan $52,158 Wisconsin $52,100 Vermont $51,983

Texas $51,660 Maine $51,639 Arizona $51,607 Ohio $51,570 Georgia $51,083 Indiana $50,839 Wyoming $50,791 Utah $50,717

Iowa $50,685 Kansas $50,431 Louisiana $50,357 North Carolina $50,331 Missouri $50,320 Florida $50,113 Montana $50,002 Nebraska $49,896

Kentucky $49,838 South Carolina $49,626 Tennessee $49,494 Idaho $49,441 New Mexico $49,054 Oklahoma $48,969 Alabama $48,657 South Dakota $48,133

Arkansas $47,847 West Virginia $47,693 Mississippi $47,232

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Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Freedom: $50,821
Harmony: $50,799
Hartland: $50,865

Freedom, ME $50,821

Harmony, ME $50,799

Hartland, ME $50,865

Hinckley, ME $50,913

Jackman, ME $50,667

Kingfield, ME $50,956

Liberty, ME $50,914

Madison, ME $51,023

Monroe, ME $50,747

Morrill, ME $50,835

Newport, ME $50,754

New Portland, ME $51,034

New Sharon, ME $50,972

New Vineyard, ME $51,004

Norridgewock, ME $51,005

North Anson, ME $51,035

North Vassalboro, ME $51,127

Oakland, ME $51,022

Oquossoc, ME $50,851

Palmyra, ME $50,787

Phillips, ME $50,872

Pittsfield, ME $50,869

Plymouth, ME $50,761

Rangeley, ME $50,884

Portland, ME $53,312

Falmouth, ME $53,192

South Portland, ME $53,312

Cape Elizabeth, ME $53,206

Peaks Island, ME $53,258

Cumberland Foreside, ME $53,139

Auburn, ME $52,184

Andover, ME $50,870

Bethel, ME $50,956

Bryant Pond, ME $51,145

Buckfield, ME $51,373

Canton, ME $51,051

Durham, ME $52,514

Danville, ME $52,342

Dixfield, ME $50,945

Dryden, ME $51,004

East Andover, ME $50,885

East Dixfield, ME $51,028

East Livermore, ME $51,329

East Poland, ME $52,246

Stoneham, ME $51,168

East Wilton, ME $51,123

Greene, ME $51,784

Hanover, ME $50,912

Hebron, ME $51,737

Jay, ME $51,039

Lewiston, ME $52,156

Lisbon, ME $52,321

Lisbon Falls, ME $52,241

Livermore, ME $51,245

Livermore Falls, ME $51,212

Greenwood, ME $51,213

Mechanic Falls, ME $52,091

Mexico, ME $50,995

Minot, ME $51,897

Monmouth, ME $51,620

New Gloucester, ME $52,549

Newry, ME $50,817

North Jay, ME $51,014

Leeds, ME $51,495

North Monmouth, ME $51,544

North Turner, ME $51,459

North Waterford, ME $51,406

Norway, ME $51,570

Oxford, ME $51,847

Paris, ME $51,673

Poland, ME $52,255

Roxbury, ME $50,835

Rumford, ME $50,966

Sabattus, ME $51,928

South Paris, ME $51,602

Turner, ME $51,603

Wayne, ME $51,369

Weld, ME $50,872

West Bethel, ME $50,915

Bowdoin, ME $51,921

West Minot, ME $51,822

West Paris, ME $51,396

Peru, ME $51,071

West Poland, ME $52,215

Sumner, ME $51,233

Wilton, ME $51,006

Augusta, ME $51,149

Coopers Mills, ME $51,218

Dresden, ME $51,639

East Winthrop, ME $51,308

Farmingdale, ME $51,449

Gardiner, ME $51,542

Randolph, ME $51,449

Hallowell, ME $51,385

Jefferson, ME $51,042

Kents Hill, ME $51,147

Litchfield, ME $51,695

Manchester, ME $51,248

Mount Vernon, ME $51,024

Whitefield, ME $51,247

Palermo, ME $50,958

Sebasco Estates, ME $52,464

Readfield, ME $51,234

Saint Albans, ME $50,826

South Bristol, ME $51,677

Squirrel Island, ME $51,848

Trevett, ME $51,885

Waldoboro, ME $51,032

Walpole, ME $51,594

Washington, ME $50,905

West Boothbay Harbor, ME $51,941

Southport, ME $52,056

Wiscasset, ME $51,793

Woolwich, ME $51,916

Ellsworth, ME $50,698

Addison, ME $50,636

Gouldsboro, ME $50,681

Bar Harbor, ME $50,776

Beals, ME $50,692

Bernard, ME $50,794

Birch Harbor, ME $50,729

Blue Hill, ME $50,752

Brooklin, ME $50,753

Brooksville, ME $50,752

Calais, ME $50,617

Cherryfield, ME $50,559

Columbia Falls, ME $50,557

Corea, ME $50,683

Cranberry Isles, ME $50,694

Cutler, ME $50,560

Deer Isle, ME $50,799

Dennysville, ME $50,513

East Blue Hill, ME $50,754

East Machias, ME $50,560

Eastport, ME $50,710

Franklin, ME $50,686

Frenchboro, ME $50,666

Grand Lake Stream, ME $50,482

Hancock, ME $50,762

Harborside, ME $50,743

Harrington, ME $50,670

Hulls Cove, ME $50,778

Isle Au Haut, ME $50,666

Islesford, ME $50,772

Jonesboro, ME $50,602

Jonesport, ME $50,648

Little Deer Isle, ME $50,793

Lubec, ME $50,585

Bass Harbor, ME $50,795

Machias, ME $50,611

Machiasport, ME $50,636

Meddybemps, ME $50,481

Milbridge, ME $50,690

Mount Desert, ME $50,738

Northeast Harbor, ME $50,772

Sullivan, ME $50,693

Pembroke, ME $50,560

Perry, ME $50,606

Princeton, ME $50,479

Prospect Harbor, ME $50,735

Robbinston, ME $50,549

Salsbury Cove, ME $50,783

Sargentville, ME $50,766

Seal Cove, ME $50,740

Seal Harbor, ME $50,757

Sedgwick, ME $50,761

Sorrento, ME $50,740

Southwest Harbor, ME $50,785

Steuben, ME $50,662

Stonington, ME $50,804

Sunset, ME $50,629

Surry, ME $50,751

Swans Island, ME $50,706

Wesley, ME $50,416

Whiting, ME $50,546

Winter Harbor, ME $50,691

Baileyville, ME $50,531

Houlton, ME $50,425

Ashland, ME $50,352

Benedicta, ME $50,241

Blaine, ME $50,413

Bridgewater, ME $50,293

Caribou, ME $50,516

Clayton Lake, ME $50,425

Crouseville, ME $50,458

Eagle Lake, ME $50,409

Easton, ME $50,465

Estcourt Station, ME $50,445

Fort Fairfield, ME $50,491

Fort Kent, ME $50,513

Fort Kent Mills, ME $50,470

Frenchville, ME $50,528

Grand Isle, ME $50,458

Island Falls, ME $50,246

Limestone, ME $50,477

Madawaska, ME $50,612

Mapleton, ME $50,397

Richmond, ME $51,723

South China, ME $51,009

South Gardiner, ME $51,605

Vienna, ME $50,932

Windsor, ME $50,980

Winthrop, ME $51,452

Bangor, ME $50,733

Abbot, ME $50,742

Aurora, ME $50,466

Bradford, ME $50,710

Bradley, ME $50,711

Brewer, ME $50,730

Brookton, ME $50,296

Brownville, ME $50,564

Brownville Junction, ME $50,876

Bucksport, ME $50,727

Burlington, ME $50,546

Greenbush, ME $50,662

Carmel, ME $50,735

Castine, ME $50,840

Charleston, ME $50,719

Danforth, ME $50,379

Dover Foxcroft, ME $50,748

Corinth, ME $50,728

Eddington, ME $50,717

Holden, ME $50,721

East Millinocket, ME $50,509

East Orland, ME $50,721

Etna, ME $50,746

Exeter, ME $50,737

Frankfort, ME $50,736

Greenville, ME $50,443

Greenville Junction, ME $50,609

Guilford, ME $50,728

Hampden, ME $50,734

Howland, ME $50,613

Hudson, ME $50,725

Kenduskeag, ME $50,730

Kingman, ME $50,326

Lagrange, ME $50,672

Lambert Lake, ME $50,386

Lee, ME $50,534

Levant, ME $50,733

Lincoln, ME $50,530

Mattawamkeag, ME $50,366

Medway, ME $50,379

Milford, ME $50,703

Millinocket, ME $50,303

Milo, ME $50,659

Monson, ME $50,737

Olamon, ME $50,676

Old Town, ME $50,711

Orono, ME $50,725

Orient, ME $50,331

Orland, ME $50,722

Orrington, ME $50,728

Passadumkeag, ME $50,647

Penobscot, ME $50,723

Rockwood, ME $50,521

Sangerville, ME $50,772

Sebec, ME $50,691

Shirley Mills, ME $50,706

Springfield, ME $50,402

Stetson, ME $50,740

Stillwater, ME $50,727

Topsfield, ME $50,338

Vanceboro, ME $50,382

Waite, ME $50,408

West Enfield, ME $50,635

Winn, ME $50,433

Winterport, ME $50,734

Wytopitlock, ME $50,255

Bath, ME $52,276

Alna, ME $51,443

Boothbay, ME $51,793

Boothbay Harbor, ME $51,910

Bristol, ME $51,480

Chamberlain, ME $51,568

Damariscotta, ME $51,448

East Boothbay, ME $51,830

Friendship, ME $51,149

Georgetown, ME $52,210

Isle Of Springs, ME $51,794

Bremen, ME $51,337

Newcastle, ME $51,469

New Harbor, ME $51,649

Nobleboro, ME $51,264

Edgecomb, ME $51,643

Pemaquid, ME $51,599

Phippsburg, ME $52,420

Cushing, ME $50,982

Round Pond, ME $51,470

Sandy Point, ME $50,732

Searsmont, ME $50,853

Searsport, ME $50,740

Shawmut, ME $51,070

Skowhegan, ME $50,959

Smithfield, ME $50,986

Solon, ME $50,959

Stockton Springs, ME $50,732

Stratton, ME $50,916

Strong, ME $50,960

Temple, ME $50,941

West Forks, ME $50,647

Thorndike, ME $50,784

Troy, ME $50,770

Unity, ME $50,833

Vassalboro, ME $50,989

West Farmington, ME $51,138

Berwick, ME $54,198

Cape Neddick, ME $54,611

Eliot, ME $55,334

Kittery, ME $55,495

Kittery Point, ME $55,078

North Berwick, ME $53,780

Ogunquit, ME $54,268

South Berwick, ME $54,744

York, ME $55,056

York Beach, ME $54,793

York Harbor, ME $55,071

Acton, ME $52,245

Alfred, ME $52,986

Bailey Island, ME $52,769

Bar Mills, ME $52,901

Biddeford, ME $52,918

Biddeford Pool, ME $52,919

Bowdoinham, ME $51,884

Bridgton, ME $51,796

Brownfield, ME $51,750

Brunswick, ME $52,497

Bustins Island, ME $52,868

Cape Porpoise, ME $53,156

Casco, ME $52,412

Center Lovell, ME $51,414

Chebeague Island, ME $52,984

Cliff Island, ME $53,099

Cornish, ME $52,347

Cumberland Center, ME $53,039

Denmark, ME $51,743

East Baldwin, ME $52,480

Lebanon, ME $53,354

East Parsonsfield, ME $52,071

Sebago, ME $52,346

East Waterboro, ME $52,745

Freeport, ME $52,772

Fryeburg, ME $51,483

Gorham, ME $52,992

Gray, ME $52,670

Harrison, ME $51,512

Hiram, ME $52,184

Hollis Center, ME $52,811

Kennebunk, ME $53,195

Kennebunkport, ME $52,994

Parsonsfield, ME $52,069

Limerick, ME $52,552

Limington, ME $52,538

Long Island, ME $53,189

Lovell, ME $51,340

Moody, ME $53,849

Naples, ME $52,194

Newfield, ME $52,466

North Bridgton, ME $51,823

North Waterboro, ME $52,653

Windham, ME $52,939

Ocean Park, ME $52,960

Old Orchard Beach, ME $52,995

Orrs Island, ME $52,724

Porter, ME $51,894

Pownal, ME $52,690

Scarborough, ME $53,174

Raymond, ME $52,578

Saco, ME $52,963

Sanford, ME $53,232

Sebago Lake, ME $52,538

Shapleigh, ME $52,739

South Casco, ME $52,608

South Freeport, ME $52,745

Harpswell, ME $52,714

South Windham, ME $53,038

Springvale, ME $52,923

Standish, ME $52,757

Steep Falls, ME $52,644

Topsham, ME $52,317

Waterboro, ME $52,843

Waterford, ME $51,456

Wells, ME $53,745

West Baldwin, ME $52,387

Westbrook, ME $53,188

Buxton, ME $52,904

West Kennebunk, ME $53,168

West Newfield, ME $52,209

Yarmouth, ME $52,990

North Yarmouth, ME $52,879

Mars Hill, ME $50,462

Monticello, ME $50,361

New Limerick, ME $50,394

New Sweden, ME $50,461

Oakfield, ME $50,341

Oxbow, ME $50,136

Patten, ME $50,168

Perham, ME $50,426

Portage, ME $50,400

Presque Isle, ME $50,529

Saint Agatha, ME $50,504

Saint David, ME $50,493

Saint Francis, ME $50,425

Sheridan, ME $50,366

Sherman, ME $50,291

Stacyville, ME $50,228

Sinclair, ME $50,409

Smyrna Mills, ME $50,259

Wallagrass, ME $50,466

Stockholm, ME $50,417

Van Buren, ME $50,479

Washburn, ME $50,460

Westfield, ME $50,390

Rockland, ME $50,954

Camden, ME $50,949

Glen Cove, ME $50,932

Hope, ME $50,930

Islesboro, ME $50,799

Lincolnville, ME $50,841

Lincolnville Center, ME $50,843

Matinicus, ME $50,757

Monhegan, ME $51,299

North Haven, ME $50,792

Owls Head, ME $50,861

Port Clyde, ME $51,146

Rockport, ME $50,937

South Thomaston, ME $50,862

Spruce Head, ME $50,891

Tenants Harbor, ME $51,039

Thomaston, ME $50,898

Union, ME $50,927

Vinalhaven, ME $50,792

Warren, ME $50,874

West Rockport, ME $50,943

Waterville, ME $51,055

Albion, ME $50,974

Anson, ME $51,009

Athens, ME $50,867

Belfast, ME $50,842

Belgrade, ME $50,958

Belgrade Lakes, ME $50,906

Bingham, ME $50,862

Brooks, ME $50,758

Burnham, ME $50,808

Cambridge, ME $50,797

Canaan, ME $50,881

Caratunk, ME $50,766

China Village, ME $51,113

Clinton, ME $50,898

Corinna, ME $50,758

Detroit, ME $50,775

Dexter, ME $50,825

Dixmont, ME $50,751

East Newport, ME $50,756

East Vassalboro, ME $51,020

Eustis, ME $50,711

Fairfield, ME $50,985

Farmington, ME $51,026

Garland, ME $50,731

Farmington Falls, ME $51,109

Correction Technician Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Correction Technician's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

$47,801

Average $51,639/year

$56,527

$3,983

Average $4,303/month

$4,711

$919

Average $993/week

$1,087

$23

Average $25/hour

$27

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$56,527	$4,711	$1,087	$27
Average	$51,639	$4,303	$993	$25
25th Percentile	$47,801	$3,983	$919	$23

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