Job outlook for juvenile detention officers in the United States

Juvenile detention officer job growth summary. After extensive research, interviews, and analysis, Zippia's data science team found that:

• The projected juvenile detention officer job growth rate is -10% from 2018-2028.

• About -42,200 new jobs for juvenile detention officers are projected over the next decade.

• Juvenile detention officer salaries have increased 11% for juvenile detention officers in the last 5 years.

• There are over 42,555 juvenile detention officers currently employed in the United States.

• There are 94,230 active juvenile detention officer job openings in the US.

• The average juvenile detention officer salary is $49,263.

Compare the number of juvenile detention officer jobs and the average juvenile detention officer salary over time.

The map below shows you the number of juvenile detention officer job openings in each state. The darker areas on the map show where juvenile detention officers earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.