SALARY · POLICE AND SHERIFF'S PATROL OFFICERS · PENNSYLVANIA

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary in Pennsylvania

If you are weighing a move, or weighing whether to stay, this is the number that matters first. In Pennsylvania, the middle police and sheriff's patrol officers earned $85,470 a year in the latest BLS release. Half earned more than that and half earned less, so treat it as a realistic middle point, not a promise and not a ceiling.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$85,470

$41 per hour at the median · That is $9,260 (12.2 percent) above the national median of $76,210 for this occupation.

$81,910Mean annual salary
$39Mean hourly wage
$26,510People employed in this job in Pennsylvania

Salary range

25th: $63,080Median: $85,47075th: $96,970
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$63,080
Median (50th percentile)$85,470
75th percentile$96,970
Mean$81,910

The middle half of workers earned from $63,080 to $96,970 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$66,334 a year
$5,528 a month
Federal tax $9,973 · FICA $6,538 · State tax $2,624

Caveat: the $0 deduction point for Pennsylvania was corroborated from a secondary host of the 2025 booklet, not from a pa.gov page.

Pennsylvania local earned income tax and the Philadelphia wage tax are separate and are not in this figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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