Reserve officer vs jailer

The differences between reserve officers and jailers 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 $40,540 average annual salary of a jailer.

The top three skills for a reserve officer include patrol, law enforcement and jrotc. The most important skills for a jailer are transport inmates, booking, and CPR.

Reserve officer vs jailer overview

	Reserve Officer	Jailer
Yearly salary	$51,866	$40,540
Hourly rate	$24.94	$19.49
Growth rate	-10%	-10%
Number of jobs	57,365	2,228
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 62%	High School Diploma, 40%
Average age	40	40
Years of experience	-	-

Reserve officer vs jailer salary

Reserve officers and jailers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Reserve Officer	Jailer
Average salary	$51,866	$40,540
Salary range	Between $36,000 And $72,000	Between $29,000 And $55,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between reserve officer and jailer education

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

	Reserve Officer	Jailer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 62%	High School Diploma, 40%
Most common major	Criminal Justice	Criminal Justice
Most common college	-	-

Reserve officer vs jailer demographics

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

	Reserve Officer	Jailer
Average age	40	40
Gender ratio	Male, 71.9% Female, 28.1%	Male, 58.0% Female, 42.0%
Race ratio	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%	Black or African American, 15.7% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 19.5% Asian, 2.0% White, 56.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between reserve officer and jailer duties and responsibilities

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.

Jailer example responsibilities.

Train on the air pack and CPR
Train in CPR and first responder techniques.
Monitor jail through CCTV and monitor dispatch.
Book and fingerprint inmates, classifying and running NCIC and TCIC warrant checks, and listing inventory and inmate property.
Complete designate booking paperwork and system entry.
Record information in booking such as inmate identification, charges and classification.

Reserve officer vs jailer skills

Common reserve officer skills

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

Common jailer skills

Transport Inmates, 38%
Booking, 19%
CPR, 5%
Security Checks, 3%
Emergency First Aid, 3%
Law Enforcement Agencies, 3%