Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
Mayaguez, PR metropolitan area. Estimated employment 190.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 33-3051
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$61,440 · 50th
$30,00010th
$33,02025th
$61,44050th
$94,75075th
$97,26090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Mayaguez earn more.
Table 1 — Nearby metros
The same job, elsewhere in Puerto Rico
Median annual pay for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers across Puerto Rico metro areas, from the same federal release.
Fig. 2 — Five-year trend
Nominal against real
The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.
Nominal, as published
Real, in 2025 dollars
US$ thousands
Published pay rose 113.0% over the four years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it still rose 93.7% — pay has outrun prices since 2022. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Inflation
- Real figures deflate by CPI-U annual averages (BLS, all items, US city average).
- Employment
- 190 employed in this occupation in the metro (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.
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