Police officers

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Average Female Salary

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Police officers are most often employed by the Justice, public order, & safety activities industry. The average yearly wage for Police officers was N/A in N/A.

The locations that employ the most Police officers are South Texas Development Council-Webb County (North & East)-Laredo City (Outer) PUMA, TX, Charles County--La Plata Town & Waldorf City PUMA, MD, and Cochise & Santa Cruz Counties--Sierra Vista City PUMA, AZ. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Police officers are N/A.

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Employment and salary information for the Police officers workforce. Police officers workforce in N/A was N/A people, of which N/A% were women and N/A% were men. Police officers are paid most in Butte County--Chico City PUMA, CA but are relatively concentrated in N/A.

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The Police officers workforce in N/A was N/A people (N/A% women and N/A% men). This implies an average annual growth of N/A% between N/A (N/A) and N/A (N/A).

Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Police officers.

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In 2024, Police officers earned an average of $84,811, $NaNM less than the average national salary of N/A

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Wage Distribution

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WAGE GINI

In N/A, Police officers had a wage GINI coefficient of N/A, which is lower than the national average of N/A. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Police officers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Police officers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Police officers and on wages for those in the field. Justice, public order, & safety activities is the industry that employs the most Police officers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Police officers, by average wage, is N/A (N/A).

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Diversity

Demographic information on Police officers in the US. The workforce of Police officers in N/A was N/A people, with N/A% woman, and N/A% men. The average age of male Police officers in the workforce is 40.4 and of female Police officers is 38.6, and the most common race/ethnicity for Police officers is N/A.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Police officers in N/A was N/A people, with N/A% woman, and N/A% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were N/A years (N/A people), N/A years (N/A people), and N/A years (N/A people). Among them they concentrated N/A% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

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In N/A, N/A% of Police officers workers were Hispanic and N/A% non-Hispanic.

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Races

In N/A, N/A% of the Police officers workforce were N/A, of which N/A% were women and N/A% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were N/A (N/A%) and N/A (N/A%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Police officers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Police officers is N/A but the most specialized major according to RCA in N/A were N/A.

Among the necessary skills for Police officers, N/A stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Police officers need more than the average amount of N/A.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

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The most common majors achieved by Police officers in N/A (counting all academic degrees) were N/A.

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Police officers workers were N/A (N/A people), N/A (N/A people), and N/A (N/A people).

The graphic shows the Police officers workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Police officers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Police officers need many skills, but most especially N/A, N/A, N/A.