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 median — half 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 area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | $135,270 | 13,970 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $119,320 | 330 |
| Albany, NY | $118,150 | 660 |
| Rochester, NY | $110,490 | 450 |
| Syracuse, NY | $104,110 | 300 |
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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