Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers Salary in Washington, DC
Estimates come from the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.
The median annual pay for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Washington, DC is $84,000, 10% higher than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and Washington sits within the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.
Across the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV area, Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers pay runs from $63,530 to $119,240 a year, with about 15K people employed.
Median annual
$84,000
Median hourly
$40
Average annual
$87,110
Employed in metro
15K
Pay distribution
Salary calculator
- Hourly
- $40.38
- Daily
- $323
- Weekly
- $1,615
- Bi-weekly
- $3,231
- Monthly
- $7,000
- Annual
- $84,000
$84,000 a year is around the 50th percentile for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officerss in Washington, DC. The median is $84,000.
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in other metro areas
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$136,140
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$132,000
- Carson City, NV$131,210
- Vallejo, CA$129,900
- Napa, CA$127,310
- Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$125,910
- Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$122,970
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$121,980