Posts Tagged ‘criminal justice salaries’
We get questions frequently regarding which criminal justice jobs pay the most. It’s a great question and one that surely everyone seeking a career in criminal justice should be asking. Now, in general it is pretty safe to say that most people pursuing a criminal justice career aren’t necessarily in it for the money. Whether it is a family tradition, a sense of civic duty, or some other time-honored tradition… We have found that rarely is it to make the most money possible. With that said, there really are some very high paying jobs in criminal justice. I’ll list the MAXIMUM for each career just to make it easier to rank them:
- Forensic Accountant – The pay for a forensic accountant can top $100,000 per year. This position is difficult
- DEA Agent – Agents for the Drug Enforcement Administration can make as much as $95,000 per year.
- Forensic Science Technician – This is a tie coming in at $80,000 per year.
- Juvenile Probation Officer – This is a tie with forensic science technician with a maximum salary of $80,000 per year.
- Parole Officer – Not to be out-done, the high end of the pay scale for this job is also $80,000 per year.
- Baliff - This criminal justice job can pay as much as $65,000 per year.
- Correctional Officer – The top annual salary for this position is also $65,000.
- Paralegal – The high end of the pay scale for this job is also $65,000.
- Police Officer – The national average high end of the scale is $60,000 per year.
- NSA Police Investigator – The high end of the pay scale for this job is $50,000.
These are taken from examples of salaries across the country. It’s possible that in your area the salaries could be a little higher or a little lower. As you can see, these positions do allow for a very comfortable lifestyle (outside of the dangers of the job).
Hope this helps some of you out! If you have a job you want us to research, just let us know.
So, you’re thinking about a career in criminal justice and want to go where so many others go in order to find some answers… Google of course! So let’s go over some of the most common searches by people and what they are looking to return (most likely):
1. criminal justice careers and salaries – like you, people are looking for job opportunities in the field.
2. criminal justice degrees – in order to get one of the jobs above, your probably need more education.
3. criminology jobs – slightlly more focused job search.
4. criminal justice degree – we are starting to see a definite pattern here… back to school.
Well, you get the gist of where these are going, don’t need to have a huge list of a bunch of searches. From what we can tell it’s really repetitive people are searching for job opportunities, job requirements, and then how to get the education they need to meet the requirements. Pretty simple stuff.