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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At Cmpd Patrol Service Group, Samantha Thompson serves as a Police Officer within Police. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $89,798.
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Christopher Dantism holds the role of Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $89,798.
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Samantha Garrett works as a Police Officer for Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. Samantha earned $89,704 in 2026.
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At Cmpd Patrol Service Group, Michael Putnam serves as a Police Officer within Police. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $89,704.
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At Cmpd Patrol Service Group, Saeedah Reed serves as a Police Officer within Police. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $89,704.
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At Cmpd Patrol Service Group, Matthew Tierney serves as a Police Officer within Police. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $89,704.
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Dustin Wells holds the role of Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $89,704.
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Nathan Bryan works as a Police Officer for Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. Nathan earned $89,505 in 2026.
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Hunter Sturkie holds the role of Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $89,505.
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Mitchell Yuro is a Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $87,762.
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James Rybacki holds the role of Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $87,709.
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At Cmpd Patrol Service Group, Thomas Drennan serves as a Police Officer within Police. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $87,709.
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John Cella works as a Police Officer for Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. John earned $87,709 in 2026.
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Justin Fletcher is a Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $87,665.
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At Cmpd Patrol Service Group, Kelvin Moore serves as a Police Officer within Police. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $87,516.
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At Cmpd Patrol Service Group, Thomas Simpson serves as a Police Officer within Police. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $87,516.
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Trevor Haupt is a Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $87,516.
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At Cmpd Patrol Service Group, Joseph Pona serves as a Police Officer within Police. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $87,516.
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Zachary Parnell holds the role of Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $87,516.
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Richard Williams works as a Police Officer for Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. Richard earned $87,516 in 2026.
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Andrew Webber holds the role of Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $87,516.
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Alec Viscount is a Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $87,516.
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Bryan Strah holds the role of Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $87,516.
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Jorge Santiago works as a Police Officer for Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. Jorge earned $87,377 in 2026.
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Thomas Mertens holds the role of Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $87,377.
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At Cmpd Patrol Service Group, David Sanchez serves as a Police Officer within Police. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $87,377.
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Ryan Stevens works as a Police Officer for Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. Ryan earned $87,377 in 2026.
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Jesse Scudder-Cotherman holds the role of Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $87,377.
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Briar Van Brunt holds the role of Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $87,377.
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At Cmpd Patrol Service Group, Matthew Milovic serves as a Police Officer within Police. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $87,377.
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Jordan Flynn holds the role of Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $87,377.
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Shane Cobb holds the role of Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $87,377.
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Nathan Hunerwadel holds the role of Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $87,141.
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Logan Beck works as a Police Officer for Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. Their status is full-time. Logan earned $86,902 in 2026.
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At Cmpd Patrol Service Group, Christopher Duckworth serves as a Police Officer within Police. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $86,902.
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Michael King is a Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $86,902.
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Christopher Smith is a Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $86,902.
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Michael Best is a Police Officer at Cmpd Patrol Service Group within Police. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $86,902.
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At Cmpd Patrol Service Group, Alexa Odom serves as a Police Officer within Police. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $86,902.
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At Cmpd Patrol Service Group, Luke Allcock serves as a Police Officer within Police. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $86,902.