Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

33-3051 Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

Maintain order and protect life and property by enforcing local, tribal, state, or federal laws and ordinances. Perform a combination of the following duties: patrol a specific area; direct traffic; issue traffic summonses; investigate accidents; apprehend and arrest suspects, or serve legal processes of courts. Includes police officers working at educational institutions.

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)
665,280	0.5 %	$32.50	$67,600	0.7 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$17.77	$22.69	$30.36	$40.60	$50.59
Annual Wage (2)	$36,960	$47,190	$63,150	$84,440	$105,230

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)	565,300	10.20	$32.44	$67,480
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	61,130	2.81	$36.11	$75,110
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	15,160	0.49	$27.87	$57,980
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	12,490	0.62	$27.97	$58,180
Elementary and Secondary Schools	5,100	0.06	$26.96	$56,070

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)	565,300	10.20	$32.44	$67,480
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	61,130	2.81	$36.11	$75,110
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	12,490	0.62	$27.97	$58,180
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	15,160	0.49	$27.87	$57,980
Junior Colleges	3,150	0.44	$26.84	$55,820

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	61,130	2.81	$36.11	$75,110
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	565,300	10.20	$32.44	$67,480
Support Activities for Air Transportation	140	0.06	$30.74	$63,940
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	1,720	0.03	$29.10	$60,520
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	12,490	0.62	$27.97	$58,180

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)
California	72,380	4.16	0.92	$50.58	$105,220
Texas	58,840	4.73	1.05	$30.65	$63,740
New York	55,590	5.84	1.29	$37.25	$77,490
Florida	39,090	4.44	0.98	$29.19	$60,720
Illinois	29,460	4.89	1.08	$37.67	$78,350

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	5,460	7.55	1.67	$36.87	$76,680
Mississippi	7,620	6.75	1.49	$17.45	$36,290
Louisiana	11,420	5.94	1.31	$20.42	$42,470
New York	55,590	5.84	1.29	$37.25	$77,490
Alabama	11,410	5.78	1.28	$22.36	$46,510

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	72,380	4.16	0.92	$50.58	$105,220
Alaska	1,120	3.52	0.78	$42.24	$87,870
New Jersey	21,840	5.34	1.18	$41.75	$86,840
Washington	9,540	2.87	0.63	$38.56	$80,200
Hawaii	2,500	3.93	0.87	$37.85	$78,720

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	57,870	5.99	1.32	$39.92	$83,040
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	29,950	4.80	1.06	$52.12	$108,420
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	24,190	5.17	1.14	$39.51	$82,170
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	16,150	5.08	1.12	$35.68	$74,220
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	15,250	5.00	1.10	$31.57	$65,670
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	14,570	5.06	1.12	$35.58	$74,010
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	14,540	3.98	0.88	$34.71	$72,200
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	13,050	4.94	1.09	$34.32	$71,400
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	12,010	4.38	0.97	$23.46	$48,800
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	11,700	4.18	0.92	$36.18	$75,250