Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,673
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$23,117
24.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,737
New York costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New York — 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
$92,790
Kept after tax
$69,673
Worth in national money
$64,737
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New York is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $92,790, which ranks 7 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 21.76% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 141 among 493 occupations New York publishes pay for.
- New York is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $92,790 the take-home is $69,673; in national-average money that behaves like $64,737. The average lands at $87,110, below the middle of the range.
- New York ranks 7 of 51 states publishing a median for police and sheriff's patrol officers, at $92,790 — about 21.76% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 141 of 493 in New York places police and sheriff's patrol officers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Take-home for police and sheriff's patrol officers in New York, on $92,790, is $69,673; deflated by the state's price level, $64,737. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $87,110 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $92,790 |
| Top tenth earn over | $118,250 |
| This salary | $92,790 |
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 New York | $69,673 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,108 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,526 |
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 | $86,487 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,920 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of police and sheriff's patrol officers in New York earn under $92,790 and half over. The published range runs $53,000 at the tenth percentile to $118,250 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New York's $69,673, worked from $92,790. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 141 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of New York, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $64,737, the adjusted value of that $92,790 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 141 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for police and sheriff's patrol officers in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $53,000 to $118,250; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The New York take-home of $69,673, on $92,790 for work ranking 141 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 141 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New York, so $64,737 — the adjusted value of that $92,790 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 141 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $87,110 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $53,000 at the tenth percentile, $118,250 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. New York costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $64,737 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and New York adds its own income tax on top — which is why $69,673 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in New York is $87,110. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($53,000 to $118,250) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to New York rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New York's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $64,737 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $69,673 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New York income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
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.