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Correctional Officer Supervisor

Correctional Officer Supervisor profiles score highest on Influencing and Safety-Seeking. This page covers what the work involves, what the trait profile looks like, what it pays, and where the fit tends to break.

Median pay
$77,970per year, U.S. BLS 2025
Entry education
Vocational training or associate's degreetypical for the occupation

SOURCE · O*NET 33-1011.00 and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Figures are national and vary widely by state and setting.

What the work involves

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of correctional officers and jailers.

Skills rated most important

Active Listening75
Coordination75
Critical Thinking75
Monitoring75
Social Perceptiveness75

Work context

Contact With Others94
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled94
Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams93
Spend Time Walking or Running63
Spend Time Standing58
Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled51
Spend Time Sitting40
Spend Time Bending or Twisting Your Body33
Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling21
Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance20
Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles10

O*NET importance and frequency ratings, 0–100.

The trait profile

Where Correctional Officer Supervisor profiles sit on the eleven Haliscope traits, derived from O*NET’s published interest and work-style data.

Influencing87
Safety-Seeking86
Organizing67
Law-Abiding63
Persevering62
Helping59
Operating43
Harmonizing34
Analyzing14
Exploring9
Creating2

Who it fits, and who it doesn’t

Strong signals

  • High Law-Abiding. Measures your commitment to ethics, rules, and fairness. High scorers value honesty, follow procedures, and prefer environments with clear moral guidelines.
  • High Safety-Seeking. Measures your preference for stability and predictability. High scorers value security, prefer familiar environments, and carefully weigh risks before acting.
  • High Influencing. Measures your drive to lead, persuade, and shape outcomes. High scorers are confident communicators who naturally take charge and direct others.
  • High Organizing. Measures your preference for structure, detail, and systematic processes. High scorers excel at creating order, optimizing workflows, and maintaining precision.

Friction points

  • Low Law-Abiding. Measures your commitment to ethics, rules, and fairness. High scorers value honesty, follow procedures, and prefer environments with clear moral guidelines.
  • Low Safety-Seeking. Measures your preference for stability and predictability. High scorers value security, prefer familiar environments, and carefully weigh risks before acting.
  • Low Influencing. Measures your drive to lead, persuade, and shape outcomes. High scorers are confident communicators who naturally take charge and direct others.
  • Low Organizing. Measures your preference for structure, detail, and systematic processes. High scorers excel at creating order, optimizing workflows, and maintaining precision.

These are what the occupation’s profile says, not a hiring criterion. Haliscope is not validated for hiring or screening, and none of these is disqualifying — they are where a fit most often breaks.

Getting in

Entry education: Vocational training or associate's degree.

Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

O*NET Job Zone descriptions, U.S. Department of Labor.

Exposure to AI

How much of this work AI can already do, and how much AI tools help the people doing it, is scored task by task in the AI Risk Index.

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