Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,220
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$13,250
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,177
Florida costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Florida — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$74,470
Kept after tax
$61,220
Worth in national money
$59,177
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $74,470, ranking 26 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Florida reports figures for, this is number 133.
- Florida is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $74,470 the take-home is $61,220; in national-average money that behaves like $59,177. The average comes to $75,320, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Florida occupies the middle band for police and sheriff's patrol officers: a median of $74,470, ranking 26 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In Florida's occupational distribution, police and sheriff's patrol officers sits at 133 of 493 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Take-home for police and sheriff's patrol officers in Florida, on $74,470, is $61,220; deflated by the state's price level, $59,177. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $75,320 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,190 |
| This salary | $74,470 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Florida | $61,220 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,220 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,823 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $74,470 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,280 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $74,470 as a midpoint for Florida, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $51,330 and the ninetieth is $98,190 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $61,220, from $74,470, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 133 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $59,177 uses one figure for the whole of Florida. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 133.
- The Florida median of $74,470 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $51,330 to $98,190. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Florida is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $61,220 from $74,470. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 133 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $59,177, worked from $74,470, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Florida address, on work sitting at 133 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $51,330 at the tenth percentile, $98,190 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $59,177 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $61,220 survives, because Florida levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($51,330 to $98,190) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Florida rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Florida's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $59,177 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Florida levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $61,220 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.