Salary
Average Salary: $37,000
Expected Lifetime Earnings: $1,544,676
You're definitely not making what lawyers make, but you're making enough to avoid a life of crime. Median salary is $40,000 per year (source). At the bottom end, bailiffs make $20,000 per year, while the highest paid make over $65,000.
If you're hoping to stretch your bailiff career for as much moolah as possible, you should know that bailiffs make the most money in New York, California, Nevada, Iowa, and Florida—all of which have a mean salary over $45,000. If you're looking for steady employment and don't care how much you make, check out other states like Ohio, Kentucky, and Georgia, which seem to employ a lot of bailiffs for whatever reason.
The most important consideration, though, isn't where you live. It's who you're working for. Bailiffs who work for local governments make on average $35,000. Their state-level counterparts make nearly $60,000 on average per year. That's a big difference. Of course, there are way fewer jobs for bailiffs in state government. Because that would be too easy.