2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR metropolitan area. Estimated employment 10,770.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 33-3051
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

Where you sit in the distribution

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$45,510 · 50th
$30,66010th
$34,32025th
$45,51050th
$48,15075th
$50,00090th

That is the medianhalf of people in this occupation in San Juan 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.

Metro areaMedianvs. San Juan
Mayaguez$61,440+35.0%
San Juan This page$45,510
Arecibo$33,070−27.3%
Ponce$30,830−32.3%
Guayama$29,410−35.4%
Aguadilla$28,560−37.2%
Fig. 2 — Five-year trend

Nominal against real

The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.

45k50k55k 20212022202320242025
Nominal, as published Real, in 2025 dollars US$ thousands

Published pay rose 0.0% over the five years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it fell 15.8% — prices rose faster than pay since 2021. 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
10,770 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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