How much does a bailiff get paid?

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the average yearly salary for bailiffs as of 2013 is $40,620; this works out to an hourly wage of $19.53. The median salary was $37,080 which means that half of the bailiffs made less than this, and half made more.

The BLS states that the top 10 percent of earners in the field brought in $67,700 or more for the year, which indicates an hourly wage of at least $32.55. At the other end of the scale, the lowest earners were paid $19,260 or less annually, or no more than $9.26 per hour. Local governments employed almost four times as many bailiffs as state governments; however, the salaries of bailiffs retained by the state were $20,000 more, on average.