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First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives

United States. Estimated employment 154,610, with pages for 5 metro areas below.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 33-1012
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

Where you sit in the distribution

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$106,040 · 50th
$63,35010th
$81,86025th
$106,04050th
$132,62075th
$165,11090th

That is the medianhalf of people in this occupation in the US earn more.

Table 1 — By metro area

Where it pays

Every published First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.

Metro areaMedianEmployment
New York, NY$135,27013,970
Kiryas Joel, NY$119,320330
Albany, NY$118,150660
Rochester, NY$110,490450
Syracuse, NY$104,110300
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Employment
154,610 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 33-1012, First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives. Mapped to our taxonomy as first-line-supervisors-of-police-and-detectives.

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