Police officers put their lives on the line every day as part of
their jobs. We took a look at how much they're paid across the US.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment Statistics program
provides data on employment and wages for different occupations. Using
data from that program, we put together this map showing median annual
pay for police and sheriff's patrol officers in each state and DC.
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| © Business Insider/Andy Kiersz, data from Bureau of Labor Statistics |
As with many occupations, pay for police officers tends to be higher
in bigger, urbanized, and coastal states and lower in southern and
Midwestern states.
Median annual earnings in May 2018, the most
recent period for which data is available, ranged from $34,350 in
Mississippi to $104,790 in California.
