Police officers

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    Police officers are most often employed by the N/A industry. The average yearly wage for Police officers was N/A in N/A.

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    Employment

    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.

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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).

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    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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    Yearly Wage Ranking

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    In N/A, Police officers earned an average of N/A, $NaNd less than the average national salary of N/A

    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).

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    Industry

    Information on the industries that employ Police officers and on wages for those in the field. N/A 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 N/A and of female Police officers is N/A, and the most common race/ethnicity for Police officers is N/A.

    Gender and Age

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    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.

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    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%).

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    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 Protective Services 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.
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    The most common majors achieved by Police officers in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Protective Services (136,205 people), Business (49,846 people), and Social Sciences (38,923 people).

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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).

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    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.

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