City of Greensboro / Police Sergeant
Role across City of Greensboro
Police Sergeant
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
65 people hold the Police Sergeant role across 1 department in City of Greensboro, with a median total compensation of $99,051. Among 21 jurisdictions where this role is reported, City of Greensboro ranks #15 by median pay.
- Employees
- 65
- Median pay
- $99,051
- Departments
- 1
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #15 of 21
Compared with the local labor market
Police Sergeant pay vs. the Greensboro-High Point, NC area
Across all employers in the Greensboro-High Point, NC area, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives — about 370 people — is $99,390. City of Greensboro pays a median base salary of $99,051 for this role, in line with that figure — about the 50th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where City of Greensboro sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives across every employer in the Greensboro-High Point, NC area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows City of Greensboro’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives — about 154,610 people — is $106,040. City of Greensboro’s median base salary is 7% below that national figure, about the 43rd 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 Greensboro-High Point, NC range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at City of Greensboro is $99,051, 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 jurisdictions
Police Sergeant pay in other jurisdictions
Where Police Sergeants are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Police Sergeant roles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.
Within City of Greensboro
Department with this role
The City of Greensboro department holding this role
The one department in City of Greensboro that reports this role. The bar links to that department’s page for it.