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21-1092 Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists

Occupational Description:
Provide social services to assist in rehabilitation of law offenders in custody or on probation or parole. Make recommendations for actions involving formulation of rehabilitation plan and treatment of offender, including conditional release and education and employment stipulations.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
First Quarter 2024

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Southeast Minnesota	150	32	$41.86/hr	$30.65/hr	$34.85/hr	$42.64/hr	$48.30/hr	$52.27/hr
Minnesota	1,740	77	$38.58/hr	$25.39/hr	$32.32/hr	$40.06/hr	$45.48/hr	$49.96/hr
U S	85,870	258	$33.63/hr	$20.66/hr	$24.17/hr	$30.61/hr	$40.63/hr	$52.12/hr

Leading Industries for Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Public Administration	1,740	$40.06/hr

Other Regional Data for Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2020-2030
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA	30	$29.08/hr	N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	30	$26.08/hr	N/A
Northeast Balance of State	30	$38.14/hr	N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA	60	$30.43/hr	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	60	$40.94/hr	N/A
Rochester MN MSA	70	$43.11/hr	N/A
St Cloud MN MSA	70	$43.96/hr	N/A
Southwest Minnesota	100	$42.49/hr	N/A
Southeast Balance of State	110	$41.58/hr	N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA	140	$32.99/hr	N/A
Northeast Minnesota	150	$32.99/hr	N/A
Southeast Minnesota	150	$42.64/hr	N/A
Northwest Balance of State	160	$38.14/hr	N/A
Central Minnesota	210	$39.54/hr	N/A
Northwest Minnesota	210	$36.53/hr	N/A
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	920	$41.97/hr	N/A
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	1,040	$40.99/hr	N/A
Minnesota	1,740	$40.06/hr	4.8%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2020-2030
Psychiatric Technicians	1,600	$21.95/hr	11.2%
Social and Human Service Assistants	12,260	$22.54/hr	10.5%
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	8,280	$33.22/hr	10.6%

Task for Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists

Prepare and maintain case folder for each assigned inmate or offender.
Discuss with offenders how such issues as drug and alcohol abuse and anger management problems might have played roles in their criminal behavior.
Develop liaisons and networks with other parole officers, community agencies, correctional institutions, psychiatric facilities, and aftercare agencies to plan for helping offenders with life adjustments.
Supervise people on community-based sentences, such as electronically monitored home detention, and provide field supervision of probationers by conducting curfew checks or visits to home, work, or school.
Gather information about offenders' backgrounds by talking to offenders, their families and friends, and other people who have relevant information.
Participate in decisions about whether cases should go before courts and which court should hear them.
Interview probationers and parolees regularly to evaluate their progress in accomplishing goals and maintaining the terms specified in their probation contracts and rehabilitation plans.
Recommend remedial action or initiate court action in response to noncompliance with terms of probation or parole.
Inform offenders or inmates of requirements of conditional release, such as office visits, restitution payments, or educational and employment stipulations.
Arrange for medical, mental health, or substance abuse treatment services according to individual needs or court orders.