City of Charlotte / Cmpd Patrol Service Group / Police Officer
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
1,079 employees hold this title in Cmpd Patrol Service Group. Median total compensation for the role is $83,204, below the department median of $87,360.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 1,079 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 5,770 people — is $63,190. Cmpd Patrol Service Group pays a median base salary of $83,204 for this role, 32% above that figure — about the 79th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers across every employer in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Cmpd Patrol Service Group’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 670,520 people — is $76,210. Cmpd Patrol Service Group’s median base salary is 9% above that national figure, about the 58th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 1,077 of 1,079 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Cmpd Patrol Service Group is $83,204, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Police Officer is held in 6 City of Charlotte departments. In Cmpd Patrol Service Group, the median of $83,204 ranks #6 of 6.
Median total compensation for the Police Officer role in other City of Charlottedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 31 jurisdictions. In City of Charlotte, the median of $87,377 ranks #21 of 31. See Police Officer across all of City of Charlotte →
Median total compensation for comparable Police Officerroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Martin Hickey works as a Police Officer for Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. Martin earned $100,605 in 2026.
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Benjamin Langdon is a Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $100,605.
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Kia Mckinney holds the role of Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $99,848.
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Edouard Larente is a Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $99,730.
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Eric Kelly is a Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $99,730.
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Adam Wilson is a Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $99,721.
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Kenneth Proctor works as a Police Officer for Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. Kenneth earned $99,721 in 2026.
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Chad Smith works as a Police Officer for Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. Chad earned $99,500 in 2026.
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At Cmpd Patrol Service Group, Joseph Calabro serves as a Police Officer within Police. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $99,500.
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Wan Ksor is a Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $99,500.
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Orville Payne works as a Police Officer for Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. Orville earned $99,125 in 2026.
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Jamaal Andrews holds the role of Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $99,125.
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Michael Keziah holds the role of Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $99,117.
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Jason Handy holds the role of Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $99,117.
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William Salazar is a Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $99,117.
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At Cmpd Patrol Service Group, Terrain Womack serves as a Police Officer within Police. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $99,117.
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At Cmpd Patrol Service Group, Charles Green serves as a Police Officer within Police. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $99,117.
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Aaron Little holds the role of Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $99,117.
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At Cmpd Patrol Service Group, Melvin Waller serves as a Police Officer within Police. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $99,117.
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Siddhraj Patel holds the role of Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $99,065.
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Bradley Schwob holds the role of Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $99,065.
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Mary Ritchey works as a Police Officer for Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. Mary earned $99,065 in 2026.
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Candyce Sellars works as a Police Officer for Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. Candyce earned $98,897 in 2026.
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Aleksandar Mosic is a Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $98,897.
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Calvin Davis works as a Police Officer for Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. Calvin earned $98,897 in 2026.