Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$76,290

National average

Salary Range

$47,640 – $115,280

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$150,650$103,900$192,430
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$133,190$87,780$153,070
Napa, CA$128,980$83,840$153,350
Vallejo, CA$128,470$98,810$158,640
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$123,140$80,350$148,990
Salinas, CA$122,290$77,440$146,740
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$121,370$81,070$126,780
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$121,050$75,300$124,980
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$119,580$77,230$126,090
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$115,630$76,730$132,120
California$115,400$76,010$151,160
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$114,200$89,310$135,810
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$112,630$76,120$153,350
Anchorage, AK$110,180$77,440$127,980
Modesto, CA$109,770$70,410$130,460
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$109,190$69,640$142,480
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$108,890$60,470$120,840
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$106,850$74,220$144,230
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$105,790$55,770$131,400
Redding, CA$104,980$78,190$156,000
Kennewick-Richland, WA$104,460$89,170$117,460
Bellingham, WA$104,350$85,690$116,250
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$103,170$77,340$114,290
Stockton-Lodi, CA$102,720$78,900$132,160
Washington$102,640$75,780$123,220
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$102,640$65,740$113,860
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$101,690$84,250$154,550
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$101,650$82,580$115,280
Fresno, CA$101,640$67,030$153,350
Illinois$101,530$55,830$119,020
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$101,310$82,050$116,860
Boulder, CO$101,240$79,360$105,870
Alaska$100,300$69,370$136,070
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$100,000$78,860$115,440
Columbus, OH$99,960$56,570$112,740
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$97,420$56,020$138,130
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$97,400$76,060$111,360
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$97,070$79,140$112,530
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$96,880$75,250$153,350
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$96,870$59,390$153,350
Colorado$96,100$65,850$111,360
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$95,920$63,340$107,550
Chico, CA$95,890$56,480$153,350
Fairbanks-College, AK$95,590$69,370$142,480
Bend, OR$94,740$77,290$112,530
Erie, PA$94,290$43,430$108,730
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$94,290$62,450$188,430
Longview-Kelso, WA$93,860$78,460$106,550
Corvallis, OR$93,680$64,410$101,690
New York$93,050$53,020$116,950
Colorado Springs, CO$92,660$62,330$96,550
Lincoln, NE$92,610$64,310$96,160
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$92,280$68,640$101,380
Visalia, CA$91,990$63,650$131,690
Yakima, WA$91,690$66,310$104,360
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$91,670$59,990$96,680
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$91,600$65,760$117,020
Rochester, NY$91,590$53,340$103,960
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$91,470$63,090$104,610
Gettysburg, PA$91,150$52,930$117,600
Greeley, CO$90,790$66,990$112,470
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$90,640$54,820$121,900
Eugene-Springfield, OR$90,540$75,360$104,140
Urban Honolulu, HI$89,390$74,300$114,220
Hawaii$89,390$75,370$114,220
New Jersey$89,030$57,260$134,460
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$88,970$51,180$110,050
Lancaster, PA$88,870$50,110$108,530
District of Columbia$88,330$66,420$115,730
Oregon$88,140$68,270$112,530
Reading, PA$87,930$57,140$114,270
Medford, OR$87,930$70,610$93,100
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$87,070$75,370$87,070
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$86,440$75,370$105,860
Pennsylvania$86,350$50,070$112,380
Pueblo, CO$86,120$65,850$103,900
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$86,060$53,200$105,660
Grand Junction, CO$85,960$65,030$88,450
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$85,480$60,670$110,380
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$85,420$61,320$104,630
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$85,320$48,550$112,620
Salem, OR$85,170$63,230$109,350
Albany, OR$84,790$65,990$106,080
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$84,730$61,680$91,420
State College, PA$84,510$46,700$110,160
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$84,510$51,810$107,580
Walla Walla, WA$84,460$76,640$99,760
Elmira, NY$84,260$38,660$96,210
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$84,250$57,730$100,270
Bloomington, IL$84,080$46,570$110,510
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$83,940$61,200$99,110
Yuba City, CA$83,930$63,680$146,740
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$83,820$62,740$103,910
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$83,810$66,000$102,230
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$83,600$62,670$131,430
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$83,430$64,240$116,040
Minnesota$83,310$60,390$104,800
Delaware$83,230$62,050$104,840
Fond du Lac, WI$83,120$59,700$90,610
Madison, WI$83,120$59,490$98,470
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$83,100$62,100$104,460
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$82,980$66,000$97,500
Merced, CA$82,900$59,020$153,350
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$82,890$60,980$146,740
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$82,860$63,420$104,600
Connecticut$82,820$61,000$102,820
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$82,790$62,040$105,710
Decatur, IL$82,770$49,600$88,950
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$82,750$63,800$103,430
Mankato, MN$82,370$44,170$95,250
Pittsburgh, PA$82,270$50,220$109,090
York-Hanover, PA$82,050$56,600$104,530
New Haven, CT$81,910$60,850$102,850
Cleveland, OH$81,730$55,360$93,980
Barnstable Town, MA$81,340$59,300$96,450
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$81,140$54,930$100,590
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$81,130$62,150$98,820
Dover, DE$80,920$51,660$120,720
Midland, TX$80,850$59,270$98,490
Laredo, TX$80,790$50,460$91,100
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$80,700$59,970$91,730
St. George, UT$80,450$58,340$88,420
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$80,410$54,600$96,240
Omaha, NE-IA$80,400$62,690$96,340
Lebanon, PA$80,370$56,920$105,740
Green Bay, WI$80,220$59,610$93,420
Springfield, IL$80,130$48,570$97,290
Reno, NV$80,060$59,980$106,770
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$80,060$58,080$100,270
Worcester, MA$80,060$56,550$98,020
Binghamton, NY$79,840$54,640$100,270
Amarillo, TX$79,830$56,770$92,480
Great Falls, MT$79,810$56,100$103,640
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$79,730$49,140$87,030
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$79,620$61,980$104,790
Kenosha, WI$79,580$78,980$94,220
Arizona$79,370$59,760$100,430
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$79,240$55,890$92,120
Springfield, MA$79,190$45,760$95,160
Appleton, WI$79,100$55,860$91,010
Wausau, WI$79,070$54,400$83,120
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$79,050$63,540$150,040
Wisconsin$78,980$55,450$93,460
Fargo, ND-MN$78,840$60,870$98,220
Nevada$78,670$62,980$102,460
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$78,670$62,980$102,460
Massachusetts$78,610$59,870$106,300
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$78,610$60,990$106,300
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$78,500$58,980$112,530
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$78,350$57,490$96,020
Tucson, AZ$78,180$59,090$106,610
Ithaca, NY$78,130$59,220$104,890
Port St. Lucie, FL$77,980$61,380$101,250
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$77,910$57,480$93,920
Rockford, IL$77,750$50,750$106,240
Ann Arbor, MI$77,740$62,520$102,750
Duluth, MN-WI$77,720$58,780$105,750
Killeen-Temple, TX$77,620$52,430$91,630
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$77,590$55,280$94,320
Syracuse, NY$77,560$57,710$90,300
Flagstaff, AZ$77,550$48,590$102,690
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$77,470$44,700$91,840
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$77,440$61,050$100,370
Maryland$77,440$58,140$109,300
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$77,380$50,320$101,140
El Paso, TX$77,300$46,970$96,700
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$77,300$58,980$105,220
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$77,290$60,920$95,680
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$77,280$58,140$98,290
Rhode Island$77,280$54,980$89,070
Ogden, UT$77,210$61,410$93,120
Utah$77,210$58,870$98,670
Champaign-Urbana, IL$77,100$50,680$106,720
Iowa City, IA$77,090$66,260$92,760
Ohio$77,050$49,390$104,430
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$77,030$58,490$94,980
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$76,990$60,510$94,500
Abilene, TX$76,970$48,610$95,110
Midland, MI$76,870$45,610$88,080
Peoria, IL$76,810$47,610$115,300
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$76,790$60,160$92,950
Missoula, MT$76,760$59,330$95,350
Grants Pass, OR$76,750$59,640$99,170
Waco, TX$76,740$49,320$95,990
College Station-Bryan, TX$76,740$58,040$97,800
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$76,720$56,200$94,670
Tyler, TX$76,680$52,710$98,070
El Centro, CA$76,570$55,250$153,350
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$76,480$59,730$128,410
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$76,470$58,490$112,530
Texas$76,350$51,590$99,450
Oklahoma City, OK$76,330$44,480$103,290
Lubbock, TX$76,260$48,000$98,480
Florida$76,190$52,500$117,940
St. Cloud, MN$76,090$59,410$96,860
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$76,070$48,900$96,740
Sheboygan, WI$75,880$62,530$78,100
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$75,830$60,410$90,200
Rochester, MN$75,830$61,920$96,300
Ames, IA$75,800$49,280$87,140
Fort Wayne, IN$75,780$60,400$88,970
Williamsport, PA$75,610$42,990$107,580
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$75,610$59,250$106,610
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$75,610$43,140$107,970
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$75,600$57,480$92,340
Sherman-Denison, TX$75,570$51,850$94,740
Akron, OH$75,540$49,650$88,650
Santa Fe, NM$75,530$54,080$89,810
North Dakota$75,530$58,580$92,340
Manchester-Nashua, NH$75,460$55,020$92,670
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$75,450$58,580$94,910
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$75,220$58,490$91,600
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$75,200$57,820$87,480
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$75,070$49,470$124,260
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$75,070$61,400$94,480
Bozeman, MT$74,980$59,940$88,960
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$74,970$58,740$105,220
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$74,970$49,130$104,000
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$74,970$59,710$82,090
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$74,930$49,920$100,270
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$74,660$47,840$102,520
Grand Island, NE$74,580$57,120$88,040
Toledo, OH$74,520$49,390$87,260
Michigan$74,420$49,390$91,210
Pittsfield, MA$74,270$46,670$98,210
Albuquerque, NM$74,250$59,700$74,300
Cedar Rapids, IA$74,250$60,250$95,330
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$74,210$59,460$89,390
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$74,070$47,670$108,870
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$74,050$59,040$95,680
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$73,990$51,580$93,110
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$73,920$43,740$107,970
Naples-Marco Island, FL$73,900$62,050$98,060
Iowa$73,900$57,460$96,260
Dubuque, IA$73,900$66,020$86,330
Janesville-Beloit, WI$73,890$51,740$85,350
Helena, MT$73,820$59,430$88,090
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$73,600$59,780$86,190
Columbus, IN$73,360$52,300$87,440
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$73,290$46,570$78,570
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$72,760$45,920$81,450
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$72,490$48,650$92,820
Corpus Christi, TX$72,420$52,080$89,690
Grand Forks, ND-MN$72,350$54,000$89,320
Coeur d'Alene, ID$72,180$58,470$91,640
Nebraska$72,160$50,080$96,340
Lexington Park, MD$72,090$60,020$94,800
St. Louis, MO-IL$72,020$50,230$90,940
Boise City, ID$71,680$56,000$95,370
Indiana$71,540$52,860$93,990
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$71,490$55,390$90,050
Chambersburg, PA$71,160$51,060$97,840
Kankakee, IL$71,120$48,140$106,160
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$71,100$48,790$88,130
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$71,050$45,660$97,240
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$70,780$52,210$84,330
Altoona, PA$70,600$36,580$107,580
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$70,550$50,220$87,050
Punta Gorda, FL$70,530$52,750$93,420
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$70,530$54,900$83,330
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$70,530$55,410$84,760
Bismarck, ND$70,500$56,620$85,920
Battle Creek, MI$70,470$50,740$80,140
Bay City, MI$70,240$47,210$83,760
Traverse City, MI$70,230$56,120$81,950
Billings, MT$70,160$59,470$82,880
Bangor, ME$70,080$51,730$99,080
Wichita Falls, TX$70,030$49,000$86,890
Montana$69,910$51,820$88,090
Niles, MI$69,890$34,530$81,350
Minot, ND$69,810$58,980$88,800
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$69,810$56,340$100,270
Bloomington, IN$69,710$53,260$103,760
Portland-South Portland, ME$69,550$60,120$85,760
Eau Claire, WI$69,460$50,940$87,900
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$69,240$50,170$83,290
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$69,180$56,530$98,520
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$69,150$55,060$89,630
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$68,900$54,150$98,380
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$68,860$49,290$90,630
Kingston, NY$68,740$55,880$97,870
Muncie, IN$68,640$53,450$72,180
Mansfield, OH$68,200$48,460$75,300
Evansville, IN$67,870$55,260$89,030
New Hampshire$67,620$54,410$89,120
Vineland, NJ$67,600$51,130$115,180
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$67,550$45,240$89,230
Ocala, FL$67,230$54,750$91,750
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$66,800$52,410$93,450
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$66,790$52,500$85,590
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$66,690$51,220$83,820
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$66,480$56,420$90,370
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$66,480$47,820$91,270
Sandusky, OH$66,400$37,920$87,900
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$66,210$48,890$81,340
Idaho$66,150$48,980$92,710
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$66,110$54,870$89,300
Jackson, MI$66,080$52,300$85,010
Jacksonville, FL$66,020$53,940$86,830
Raleigh-Cary, NC$65,800$50,070$80,990
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$65,700$50,790$80,330
Yuma, AZ$65,690$50,650$88,020
San Angelo, TX$65,510$53,900$88,240
Tallahassee, FL$65,500$49,720$98,210
Burlington, NC$65,440$55,730$83,310
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$65,380$51,000$77,540
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$65,370$57,850$78,640
Maine$65,330$54,660$84,270
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$65,230$49,300$89,010
Wyoming$65,180$49,380$80,720
Virginia$65,110$50,160$96,700
Canton-Massillon, OH$64,990$47,160$78,220
Flint, MI$64,970$47,560$81,580
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$64,880$43,850$95,660
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$64,740$58,520$75,450
Monroe, MI$64,580$47,550$80,140
Longview, TX$64,340$45,580$93,040
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$64,290$53,530$100,270
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$64,070$46,240$87,250
Twin Falls, ID$64,060$47,060$79,350
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$63,920$45,940$88,710
Huntsville, AL$63,850$45,820$77,390
Vermont$63,690$46,500$89,110
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$63,670$48,560$83,120
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$63,610$37,340$84,210
Logan, UT-ID$63,600$52,340$78,810
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$63,390$49,980$105,640
New Mexico$63,340$47,470$77,910
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$63,290$49,990$77,280
Kokomo, IN$63,170$51,550$84,740
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$63,170$51,460$79,940
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$63,140$48,600$90,500
Lexington-Fayette, KY$63,070$50,420$86,380
Kansas City, MO-KS$63,050$48,370$93,660
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$62,960$51,520$79,080
Columbia, MO$62,820$44,720$74,250
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$62,800$48,060$75,310
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$62,770$48,700$85,470
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$62,750$46,430$82,100
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$62,720$46,500$86,010
Idaho Falls, ID$62,610$47,830$77,380
Richmond, VA$62,480$53,080$96,700
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$62,440$49,460$81,470
Springfield, OH$62,420$46,820$94,560
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$62,340$45,170$82,420
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$62,200$47,220$79,780
Lawrence, KS$62,090$50,150$90,890
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$62,060$48,220$79,020
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$62,040$43,800$80,140
Pocatello, ID$61,960$53,450$73,070
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$61,800$48,500$87,990
Tuscaloosa, AL$61,780$40,640$85,730
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$61,770$54,280$76,750
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$61,760$41,410$81,570
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$61,700$47,220$84,270
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$61,660$50,230$78,340
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$61,640$39,520$95,760
Glens Falls, NY$61,590$45,440$100,270
Tulsa, OK$61,580$42,390$89,380
Las Cruces, NM$61,440$48,630$81,640
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$61,380$41,850$81,220
Bowling Green, KY$61,260$39,910$74,080
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$61,100$49,150$87,730
Harrisonburg, VA$61,060$50,710$77,130
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$61,060$47,440$99,990
Birmingham, AL$61,050$41,030$78,310
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$60,990$48,550$79,010
Savannah, GA$60,900$45,150$85,350
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$60,890$47,180$85,620
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$60,880$48,980$78,400
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$60,840$38,170$65,740
Dalton, GA$60,840$41,600$75,540
Saginaw, MI$60,790$49,600$76,460
Columbia, SC$60,750$48,150$96,660
Gainesville, GA$60,730$50,870$75,250
Missouri$60,720$41,970$90,900
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$60,720$48,630$83,410
Farmington, NM$60,680$49,550$72,130
Utica-Rome, NY$60,590$48,620$98,340
Knoxville, TN$60,460$44,890$91,400
South Dakota$60,300$46,940$83,640
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$60,250$49,420$77,240
Kentucky$60,230$40,600$78,820
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$60,220$49,390$78,480
Greensboro-High Point, NC$60,160$48,290$80,650
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$60,150$45,560$88,130
Roanoke, VA$60,100$48,180$76,930
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$60,080$45,790$89,220
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$60,060$51,280$80,830
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$60,050$44,570$85,500
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$59,940$48,420$79,090
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$59,910$42,150$87,160
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$59,840$47,980$76,660
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$59,680$47,720$79,650
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$59,510$45,970$71,640
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$59,450$46,930$91,600
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$59,450$46,750$98,270
Tennessee$59,410$40,940$81,340
Sebring, FL$59,380$44,320$74,270
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$59,370$40,830$80,950
Elizabethtown, KY$59,300$49,000$87,110
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$59,290$41,640$78,600
Salisbury, MD$59,270$46,830$98,580
Rapid City, SD$59,230$50,570$79,750
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$59,070$48,810$85,730
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$59,060$47,700$81,990
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$59,030$51,480$95,150
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$58,780$49,040$74,440
Wichita, KS$58,690$42,010$80,430
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$58,670$48,120$87,040
Paducah, KY-IL$58,650$43,990$73,340
Lima, OH$58,650$43,560$70,560
Charlottesville, VA$58,590$50,970$84,140
Clarksville, TN-KY$58,300$42,280$60,670
Springfield, MO$58,290$44,520$78,130
Johnstown, PA$58,270$35,820$96,950
Winchester, VA-WV$58,240$49,620$75,750
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$58,230$55,470$78,350
Charleston, WV$58,140$45,570$72,370
Victoria, TX$58,060$50,330$76,440
North Carolina$58,030$44,850$80,920
South Carolina$58,020$43,640$78,590
Topeka, KS$57,990$44,290$89,340
Jefferson City, MO$57,990$46,110$93,660
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$57,960$48,920$76,530
Auburn-Opelika, AL$57,930$36,180$77,830
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$57,920$48,500$74,530
Spartanburg, SC$57,710$45,970$75,070
Lynchburg, VA$57,650$48,210$76,090
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$57,620$44,310$86,270
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$57,610$44,610$76,940
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$57,580$44,290$83,570
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$57,550$44,230$81,880
Youngstown-Warren, OH$57,530$39,150$78,210
Texarkana, TX-AR$57,510$41,870$72,860
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$57,490$43,340$77,420
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$57,390$48,410$78,210
Oklahoma$57,360$34,780$95,950
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$57,250$44,080$71,370
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$57,140$47,800$76,550
Terre Haute, IN$57,050$44,840$72,170
Athens-Clarke County, GA$56,920$41,790$68,350
Greenville, NC$56,840$45,330$70,840
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$56,830$48,530$76,850
Kansas$56,610$37,640$82,870
Decatur, AL$56,590$39,710$72,040
Dothan, AL$56,420$33,140$82,620
Gainesville, FL$56,380$43,270$81,520
Georgia$56,350$42,180$77,750
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$56,270$44,100$75,250
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$56,220$46,420$78,750
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$55,920$47,170$73,240
Winston-Salem, NC$55,840$40,040$80,240
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$55,690$38,660$76,900
Lake Charles, LA$55,670$45,760$73,270
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$55,230$46,290$74,430
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$55,070$46,990$70,560
Beckley, WV$55,050$44,230$66,780
Rocky Mount, NC$54,990$43,990$83,550
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$54,930$48,810$58,910
St. Joseph, MO-KS$54,840$40,050$74,010
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$54,770$46,380$66,330
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$54,590$40,200$68,000
West Virginia$54,570$39,780$68,080
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$54,510$43,850$78,830
Asheville, NC$54,270$45,680$78,620
Morgantown, WV$54,040$43,900$65,830
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$53,880$46,000$63,580
Alabama$53,850$37,010$78,140
Albany, GA$53,780$39,210$66,780
Wilmington, NC$53,600$47,040$74,050
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$53,580$46,140$73,890
Jackson, TN$53,400$43,180$67,930
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$53,260$45,110$74,710
Owensboro, KY$53,240$53,240$64,420
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$53,130$43,110$58,910
Wheeling, WV-OH$52,950$42,510$77,850
Fayetteville, NC$52,950$47,400$73,920
Monroe, LA$52,550$33,140$62,130
Eagle Pass, TX$52,430$28,870$85,690
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$52,270$40,000$67,580
Warner Robins, GA$52,260$42,840$79,100
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$52,180$45,720$60,120
Jacksonville, NC$52,170$42,660$65,150
Hinesville, GA$52,120$26,900$64,010
Homosassa Springs, FL$52,050$45,720$65,190
Sumter, SC$52,030$45,170$72,480
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$52,020$38,060$66,630
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$51,860$33,200$78,510
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$51,860$38,260$69,670
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$51,660$37,490$65,580
Baton Rouge, LA$51,000$36,890$70,870
Lafayette, LA$50,910$35,620$82,270
Louisiana$50,580$35,170$73,270
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$50,560$42,750$66,260
Columbus, GA-AL$50,490$40,730$63,680
Anniston-Oxford, AL$50,300$36,590$75,280
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$50,270$40,460$73,030
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$50,190$40,380$79,440
Florence, SC$49,940$41,050$74,960
Cleveland, TN$49,600$42,230$69,100
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$49,310$35,260$66,460
Johnson City, TN$49,290$36,720$72,350
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$49,260$42,970$75,880
Chattanooga, TN-GA$49,150$41,480$66,780
Goldsboro, NC$49,050$42,240$76,040
Lawton, OK$49,000$29,200$79,660
Montgomery, AL$48,980$37,910$66,740
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$48,900$38,210$64,570
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$48,590$35,750$55,310
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$48,350$39,380$59,930
Manhattan, KS$48,350$42,800$60,640
Enid, OK$48,150$34,980$92,790
Jonesboro, AR$48,120$34,660$57,620
Arkansas$48,090$35,950$69,420
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$47,970$38,900$65,060
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$47,530$39,140$59,360
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$47,400$37,310$62,590
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$47,300$34,090$67,930
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$46,990$37,560$67,930
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$46,660$36,820$63,580
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$46,550$38,850$73,800
Jackson, MS$46,520$31,510$58,190
Mobile, AL$46,480$36,170$60,410
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$46,480$29,240$68,010
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$46,460$37,540$67,930
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$46,350$30,650$92,790
Morristown, TN$46,200$39,750$57,580
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$46,190$37,020$61,840
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$46,060$36,090$63,920
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$45,950$35,820$78,820
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$45,880$30,520$75,920
Joplin, MO-KS$45,690$36,470$59,670
Mississippi$45,610$30,450$58,780
Hot Springs, AR$45,600$43,280$53,370
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$45,500$30,320$49,570
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$45,460$29,480$57,330
Macon-Bibb County, GA$45,400$45,400$56,350
Fort Smith, AR-OK$45,270$33,090$59,870
Rome, GA$44,980$36,390$48,960
Puerto Rico$44,860$28,680$49,570
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$44,850$37,470$67,250
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$44,850$35,590$66,970
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$44,590$31,110$90,020
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$44,190$36,910$63,190
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$44,170$33,100$61,590
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$44,150$36,800$61,360
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$43,940$37,060$57,860
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$43,490$28,600$62,360
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$43,410$30,520$57,790
Valdosta, GA$43,300$38,280$58,310
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$43,290$33,430$60,310
Alexandria, LA$43,270$32,050$60,130
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$43,170$34,600$63,440
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$43,120$33,390$63,520
Hattiesburg, MS$42,690$29,880$52,200
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$42,640$34,740$61,370
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$42,640$31,280$59,370
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$42,290$35,840$48,540
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$42,230$29,490$52,160
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$41,670$33,040$48,520
Gadsden, AL$41,500$33,240$58,390
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$41,200$31,840$50,990
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$39,680$29,330$64,370
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$38,580$30,280$47,630
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$38,270$30,350$47,920
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$38,260$29,310$53,070
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$37,560$27,250$54,990
Hammond, LA$36,160$29,310$54,610
Ponce, PR$31,140$24,020$31,140
Arecibo, PR$28,730$24,200$28,730
Aguadilla, PR$26,500$21,100$28,900
Mayaguez, PR$24,790$19,760$28,430
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area$22,380$20,010$27,760
Guayama, PR$20,290$19,760$32,430

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers is $76,290, with a typical range of $47,640 – $115,280 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers?β–Ύ

Entry-level Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers positions typically start around $47,640 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officerss earn the most?β–Ύ

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officerss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.