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

Wyoming Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salaries are 15% below the US national median of $76,290 per year.

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

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salaries in Wyoming range from $49,380 (10th percentile) to $80,720 (90th percentile) per year, per 2024 BLS OEWS data.

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers Salary in Wyoming

SOC 33-3051 · State · 2024 BLS OEWS

The median salary for a Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Wyoming is $65,180 per year as of 2024. That works out to roughly $31.34 per hour. This is 15% below the national median of $76,290. 1,300 people work as Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Wyoming. Wages have grown 26% since 2014, when the median was $51,640.

Median Annual Salary

$65,180

Mean Annual

$66,280

Median Hourly

$31.34

Total Employed

1,300

Location Quotient

1.08

Average concentration

Salary Distribution

$49k

10th

$58k

25th

$65k

Median

$75k

75th

$81k

90th

How This Compares

Wyoming

$65,180

this metro

United States

$76,290

you earn -15% vs US

Salary Trend

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Year	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Employment
2024	$65,180	$66,280	1,300
2023	$64,100	$62,750	1,150
2022	$58,370	$57,070	1,230
2021	$60,040	$58,380	1,300
2020	$58,140	$57,960	1,160
2019	$56,270	$56,120	1,150
2018	$54,290	$55,050	1,130
2017	$55,400	$56,240	1,100
2016	$54,700	$55,490	1,140
2015	$52,890	$53,590	1,070
2014	$51,640	$51,510	1,170

Related Protective Service Occupations Jobs in Wyoming

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First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$88,300
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$82,640
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$80,250
Fire Inspectors and Investigators	$77,450
Fish and Game Wardens	$74,060
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	$72,550

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