Custodial officer vs reserve officer

The differences between custodial officers and reserve officers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a reserve officer has an average salary of $51,866, which is higher than the $42,867 average annual salary of a custodial officer.

The top three skills for a custodial officer include emergency calls, security checks and law enforcement. The most important skills for a reserve officer are patrol, law enforcement, and jrotc.

Custodial officer vs reserve officer overview

	Custodial Officer	Reserve Officer
Yearly salary	$42,867	$51,866
Hourly rate	$20.61	$24.94
Growth rate	-10%	-10%
Number of jobs	101,579	57,365
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 36%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Average age	40	40
Years of experience	-	-

Custodial officer vs reserve officer salary

Custodial officers and reserve officers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Custodial Officer	Reserve Officer
Average salary	$42,867	$51,866
Salary range	Between $31,000 And $58,000	Between $36,000 And $72,000
Highest paying City	New York, NY	-
Highest paying state	New York	-
Best paying company	Wellpath	-
Best paying industry	Government	-

Differences between custodial officer and reserve officer education

There are a few differences between a custodial officer and a reserve officer in terms of educational background:

	Custodial Officer	Reserve Officer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 36%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Most common major	Criminal Justice	Criminal Justice
Most common college	-	-

Custodial officer vs reserve officer demographics

Here are the differences between custodial officers' and reserve officers' demographics:

	Custodial Officer	Reserve Officer
Average age	40	40
Gender ratio	Male, 63.2% Female, 36.8%	Male, 71.9% Female, 28.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 15.8% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 19.2% Asian, 2.0% White, 56.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 15.9% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 18.4% Asian, 2.1% White, 57.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between custodial officer and reserve officer duties and responsibilities

Custodial officer example responsibilities.

Watch CCTV cameras and control security doors.
Conduct rounds, answer phones and monitor the CCTV.
Maintain booking and release records, Huber accounts, and property records.
Assist officers in the booking of suspects; searching, fingerprinting, transporting.
Patrol assign areas for evidence of unauthorize activities, infractions of rules, unsatisfactory attitudes or unsatisfactory adjustment of inmates.
Administer basic emergency first aid and cardio pulmonary resuscitation as needed.

Reserve officer example responsibilities.

Manage all construction projects to ensure all establish DOD security standards are incorporated.
Direct logistics management as a company commander of a combat engineering company.
Maintain organization of other members and platoon squad.
Serve warrants, summons, subpoenas, civil and other official papers.
Enter, review, modify, locate and remove entries make into NCIC.
Develop software tools, procedures and systems as required to provide support to medical logistics users.

Custodial officer vs reserve officer skills

Common custodial officer skills

Emergency Calls, 23%
Security Checks, 16%
Law Enforcement, 12%
Communication Systems, 10%
Booking, 7%
Public Safety, 7%

Common reserve officer skills

Patrol, 28%
Law Enforcement, 8%
Jrotc, 7%
Traffic Control, 6%
Public Safety, 6%
Emergency Calls, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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