Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers Salary in Houston, TX
Estimates come from the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.
The median annual pay for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Houston, TX is $74,570, 2% lower than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and Houston sits within the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.
Across the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX area, Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers pay runs from $59,110 to $93,800 a year, with about 16K people employed.
Median annual
$74,570
Median hourly
$36
Average annual
$74,260
Employed in metro
16K
Pay distribution
Salary calculator
- Hourly
- $35.85
- Daily
- $287
- Weekly
- $1,434
- Bi-weekly
- $2,868
- Monthly
- $6,214
- Annual
- $74,570
$74,570 a year is around the 50th percentile for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officerss in Houston, TX. The median is $74,570.
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in other metro areas
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- Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$122,970
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