SOC 33-3051 · Area 47380 · May 2025
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
Waco, TX
Published pay and employment
| Measure | Annual pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $56,150 | $27.00 |
| 25th percentile | $58,380 | $28.07 |
| Median | $75,850 | $36.46 |
| 75th percentile | $93,930 | $45.16 |
| 90th percentile | $94,870 | $45.61 |
| Average | $74,520 | $35.83 |
A plus sign marks a lower bound. “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate; “Not available” means no estimate was provided. Hourly figures come from BLS, without dividing annual pay by assumed work hours.
Estimated employment: 690. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.
What these figures tell you
The middle half of annual wages runs from $58,380 to $93,930 in 2025, a span of $35,550.
The area median is $50 (0.1%) below Texas's $75,900 median for this occupation in 2025.
Compare with 30 other published areas
- This area's median is $20,420 (36.8%) above the $55,430 median in Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $20,030 (35.9%) above the $55,820 median in Victoria, TX.
- This area's median is $19,030 (33.5%) above the $56,820 median in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
- This area's median is $18,670 (32.7%) above the $57,180 median in Texarkana, TX-AR.
- This area's median is $18,170 (31.5%) above the $57,680 median in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $17,490 (30.0%) above the $58,360 median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
- This area's median is $17,360 (29.7%) above the $58,490 median in Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $15,960 (26.6%) above the $59,890 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $14,800 (24.2%) above the $61,050 median in Eagle Pass, TX.
- This area's median is $14,800 (24.2%) above the $61,050 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $14,700 (24.0%) above the $61,150 median in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $14,240 (23.1%) above the $61,610 median in San Angelo, TX.
- This area's median is $5,610 (8.0%) above the $70,240 median in Killeen-Temple, TX.
- This area's median is $5,050 (7.1%) above the $70,800 median in Longview, TX.
- This area's median is $3,450 (4.8%) above the $72,400 median in Tyler, TX.
- This area's median is $2,740 (3.7%) above the $73,110 median in Wichita Falls, TX.
- This area's median is $2,450 (3.3%) above the $73,400 median in Corpus Christi, TX.
- This area's median is $1,990 (2.7%) above the $73,860 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
- This area's median is $1,280 (1.7%) above the $74,570 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
- This area's median is $1,170 (1.6%) above the $74,680 median in Sherman-Denison, TX.
- This area's median is $220 (0.3%) below the $76,070 median in Abilene, TX.
- This area's median is $550 (0.7%) below the $76,400 median in El Paso, TX.
- This area's median is $720 (0.9%) below the $76,570 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
- This area's median is $1,260 (1.6%) below the $77,110 median in Lubbock, TX.
- This area's median is $2,600 (3.3%) below the $78,450 median in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.
- This area's median is $3,050 (3.9%) below the $78,900 median in Amarillo, TX.
- This area's median is $4,410 (5.5%) below the $80,260 median in Midland, TX.
- This area's median is $5,840 (7.1%) below the $81,690 median in Laredo, TX.
- This area's median is $6,440 (7.8%) below the $82,290 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
- This area's median is $17,060 (18.4%) below the $92,910 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
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Which counties share this estimate?
The BLS area covers the counties listed below. Every county listed uses this same area estimate. These are not separate county wage measurements.
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