Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

33-1012 First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of members of police force.

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
121,340	0.5 %	$45.65	$94,950	0.6 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$25.15	$32.77	$43.79	$57.20	$70.47
Annual Wage (2)	$52,320	$68,170	$91,090	$118,970	$146,580

Industry profile for this occupation:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	97,490	1.76	$44.57	$92,710
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	13,180	0.61	$48.30	$100,470
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	5,980	0.30	$61.89	$128,720
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	3,320	0.11	$39.98	$83,160
Junior Colleges	620	0.09	$39.33	$81,810

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	97,490	1.76	$44.57	$92,710
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	13,180	0.61	$48.30	$100,470
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	5,980	0.30	$61.89	$128,720
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	3,320	0.11	$39.98	$83,160
Junior Colleges	620	0.09	$39.33	$81,810

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	5,980	0.30	$61.89	$128,720
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	13,180	0.61	$48.30	$100,470
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	97,490	1.76	$44.57	$92,710
Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	40	0.01	$43.42	$90,300
Postal Service (federal government)	170	0.03	$42.28	$87,930

Geographic profile for this occupation:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York	13,230	1.39	1.68	$57.30	$119,180
Florida	8,150	0.93	1.12	$42.74	$88,900
Georgia	6,830	1.53	1.85	$32.34	$67,280
Texas	6,530	0.53	0.64	$42.60	$88,600
Illinois	5,730	0.95	1.15	$51.82	$107,790

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
District of Columbia	1,240	1.71	2.07	$58.25	$121,150
Rhode Island	790	1.63	1.97	$41.67	$86,660
Georgia	6,830	1.53	1.85	$32.34	$67,280
Oklahoma	2,340	1.45	1.75	$36.28	$75,450
Maryland	3,860	1.43	1.73	$48.29	$100,440

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	4,930	0.28	0.34	$76.02	$158,120
New Jersey	5,330	1.30	1.58	$65.24	$135,700
District of Columbia	1,240	1.71	2.07	$58.25	$121,150
New York	13,230	1.39	1.68	$57.30	$119,180
Alaska	310	0.96	1.17	$55.74	$115,930

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	14,430	1.49	1.81	$62.23	$129,440
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	4,370	0.93	1.13	$53.80	$111,910
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	3,610	1.32	1.59	$35.34	$73,510
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	3,440	1.23	1.49	$51.15	$106,380
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	3,350	1.05	1.27	$56.83	$118,200
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	2,650	1.00	1.21	$51.55	$107,230
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	2,410	0.84	1.01	$50.46	$104,960
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	2,330	1.70	2.05	$48.38	$100,630
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	1,980	0.32	0.38	$80.17	$166,740
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	1,880	0.88	1.07	$49.21	$102,350