Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
Pittsfield, MA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 280.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Pittsfield earn more.
$76,940 in Pittsfield buys what $80,900 buys across the country as a whole.
Pittsfield's regional price parity is 95.1 — below the national average, so a dollar here goes further than the nominal figure suggests. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Massachusetts
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Pittsfield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield | $83,050 | $86,500 | 96.1 | +6.9% |
| Barnstable Town | $80,210 | $81,600 | 98.4 | +0.8% |
| Worcester | $80,210 | $78,200 | 102.5 | −3.3% |
| Boston | $78,180 | $72,200 | 108.3 | −10.7% |
| Pittsfield This page | $76,940 | $80,900 | 95.1 | — |
| Amherst Town | $73,480 | $73,300 | 100.2 | −9.4% |
Price parity and difference against Pittsfield are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 280 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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