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Average Salary. Police officers reported an average yearly salary of $56,260, or $27.05 an hour, as of 2011, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This works out to average weekly pay of about $1,082. Their median salary was $54,230, or about $1,043 a week.
While the bottom ten percent of police officers earned $32,350 or less, the top ten percent of police officers earns a mean $89,310+ annually. Police officers employed for the federal government make considerably less than average at $52,620 each year, but those that work for the state government make $62,810. The top-paying states are New Jersey and California, where police officers earn $84,930 and $84,320 respectively. Work Environment. The majority of police officers find employment with local, state, and federal law enforcement departments to carry out their duties of protection.