How does Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers pay in Vermont compare to the national average?

Vermont Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salaries are 17% below the US national median of $76,290 per year.

What is the salary range for a Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Vermont?

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salaries in Vermont range from $46,500 (10th percentile) to $89,110 (90th percentile) per year, per 2024 BLS OEWS data.

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers Salary in Vermont

SOC 33-3051 · State · 2024 BLS OEWS

The median salary for a Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Vermont is $63,690 per year as of 2024. That works out to roughly $30.62 per hour. This is 17% below the national median of $76,290. 1,080 people work as Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Vermont. Wages have grown 20% since 2019, when the median was $52,860.

Median Annual Salary

$63,690

Mean Annual

$68,220

Median Hourly

$30.62

Total Employed

1,080

Salary Distribution

$47k

10th

$59k

25th

$64k

Median

$77k

75th

$89k

90th

How This Compares

Vermont

$63,690

this metro

United States

$76,290

you earn -17% vs US

Salary Trend

View data table

Year	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Employment
2024	$63,690	$68,220	1,080
2023	$65,760	$66,900	880
2022	$61,360	$61,810	870
2021	$60,040	$57,780	1,220
2020	$56,400	$57,230	1,200
2019	$52,860	$53,070	1,130

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