2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays
United States
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
United States. Estimated employment 670,520, with pages for 68 metro areas below.
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$47,510 10th
$59,290 25th
$76,210 50th
$97,600 75th
$115,120 90th
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
Metro area Median Employment
San Jose, CA $136,140 2,590 San Francisco, CA $132,000 7,990 Vallejo, CA $129,900 690 Napa, CA $127,310 300 Santa Rosa, CA $125,910 590 Santa Cruz, CA $122,970 400 Los Angeles, CA $121,980 24,720 Santa Maria, CA $120,900 730 Chicago, IL $107,810 22,680 New York, NY $105,540 54,270 Rochester, NY $92,920 1,800 Dallas, TX $92,910 16,430 Gettysburg, PA $91,530 230 Philadelphia, PA $89,580 13,160 Kiryas Joel, NY $87,930 1,360 Reading, PA $87,060 690 Lancaster, PA $86,800 760 Allentown, PA $84,530 1,610 Harrisburg, PA $84,470 1,480 Binghamton, NY $84,320 420 Ithaca, NY $84,320 200 Washington, DC $84,000 14,630 Pittsburgh, PA $83,190 5,080 Springfield, MA $83,050 1,570 Springfield, IL $82,740 420 Austin, TX $82,290 4,540 Decatur, IL $81,800 200 Laredo, TX $81,690 780 Buffalo, NY $80,950 2,110 Erie, PA $80,860 660 Bloomington, IL $80,480 360 Midland, TX $80,260 340 Barnstable Town, MA $80,210 530 Worcester, MA $80,210 2,000 Miami, FL $79,840 14,710 Watertown, NY $79,540 230 Amarillo, TX $78,900 610 Kankakee, IL $78,840 190 Jacksonville, FL $78,810 2,800 Champaign, IL $78,520 430 Rockford, IL $78,510 500 Beaumont, TX $78,450 830 Albany, NY $78,240 1,770 Boston, MA $78,180 11,440 Lubbock, TX $77,110 790 Port St. Lucie, FL $77,070 1,030 Pittsfield, MA $76,940 280 Cape Coral, FL $76,710 1,580 Peoria, IL $76,670 630 College Station, TX $76,570 490 North Port, FL $75,820 1,500 Tampa, FL $75,710 5,190 Houston, TX $74,570 16,250 Homosassa Springs, FL $74,450 190 Ocala, FL $73,570 780 Amherst Town, MA $73,480 430 Mayaguez, PR $61,440 190 Gainesville, GA $61,400 420 Atlanta, GA $60,910 11,310 Athens, GA $60,710 570 Dalton, GA $60,130 290 Savannah, GA $59,930 1,090 Augusta, GA $58,390 1,120 Hinesville, GA $58,060 150 Albany, GA $53,710 380 San Juan, PR $45,510 10,770 Ponce, PR $30,830 330 Aguadilla, PR $28,560 120
Sources
How this page was made
Wage data Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Employment 670,520 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation SOC 33-3051, Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers. Mapped to our taxonomy as police-and-sheriffs-patrol-officers .
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.