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Probation Officers

SOC 21-1092

Supervise people on probation and connect them with support services.

The job
Median pay
$66k
$54k to $85k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+3.0% projected
Openings a year
8k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
6/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
46th pct
More exposed than 46% of occupations · modeled estimate · 86th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
55/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
California13,9000.81.3×$104k
Texas8,1000.61.0×$53k
Florida4,4900.50.8×$51k
New York4,3600.50.8×$80k
Pennsylvania4,3100.71.2×$67k
North Carolina3,3100.71.2×$62k
Ohio3,3100.61.0×$61k
New Jersey2,8900.71.2×$80k
Virginia2,7300.71.2×$59k
Georgia2,6500.50.9×$60k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Illinois2,5900.40.7×$74k
Colorado2,5400.91.5×$72k
Missouri2,2900.81.4×$47k
Indiana2,2700.71.2×$60k
Michigan2,1900.50.9×$80k
Washington2,1500.61.1×$83k
Tennessee2,1200.61.1×$58k
Minnesota2,0400.71.2×$82k
Wisconsin1,4130.50.8×$68k~
Maryland1,3700.50.9×$76k
Oregon1,2600.61.1×$85k
Connecticut1,2000.71.2×$97k
Massachusetts1,2000.30.6×$95k
Arizona1,1000.30.6×$61k
Alabama1,0800.50.9×$61k
Louisiana9800.50.9×$63k
Utah9510.50.9×$63k~
Iowa9500.61.1×$77k
West Virginia8901.32.2×$53k
Oklahoma8700.50.9×$50k
Arkansas8500.71.1×$51k
Kentucky8300.40.7×$60k
Nevada7800.50.9×$76k
Idaho7600.91.5×$60k
Kansas7600.50.9×$62k
New Mexico6200.71.2×$66k
Nebraska5600.50.9×$63k
Alaska4801.52.6×$77k
South Carolina4600.20.3×$57k
New Hampshire4220.61.1×$66k~
Rhode Island3910.81.4×$69k~
Washington DC3810.50.9×$79k~
Delaware3800.81.4×$82k
Montana3600.71.2×$60k
South Dakota2800.61.1×$67k
North Dakota2500.61.0×$65k
Wyoming2000.71.2×$57k
Vermont1900.61.1×$84k
Maine1600.20.4×$71k
Mississippi1500.10.2×$34k
Hawaii400.10.1×$74k

Top metro areas

  1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA4,700 jobs · $108k median
  2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ3,490 jobs · $79k median
  3. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX2,320 jobs · $52k median
  4. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD1,890 jobs · $74k median
  5. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN1,560 jobs · $68k median
  6. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX1,340 jobs · $59k median
  7. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA1,260 jobs · $97k median
  8. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA1,250 jobs · $101k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.