New York City / Police Department / Police Officer
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
23,503 employees hold this title in Police Department. Median total compensation for the role is $96,976, above the department median of $91,862.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 23,503 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 54,270 people — is $105,540. Police Department pays a median base salary of $89,576 for this role, 15% below that figure — about the 42nd 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Police Department’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. Police Department’s median base salary is 18% above that national figure, about the 66th 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 20,193 of 23,503 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 Police Department is $96,976, 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
This role is reported in 31 jurisdictions. In New York City, the median of $96,976 ranks #16 of 31. See Police Officer across all of New York City →
Median total compensation for comparable Police Officer roles 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 Police Department, Shamon Lennon serves as a Police Officer based in Manhattan. They have served since 2023 (about 2 years). Their 2025 pay totaled $3.
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Timothy Fitzgibbons works as a Police Officer for Police Department based in Manhattan. Their tenure dates to 2003, about 22 years. Timothy earned -$49 in 2025.
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Eric Ehlers is a Police Officer at Police Department based in Manhattan. Hired in 2004, they have about 21 years of service. 2025 total compensation came to -$68.
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Terry Nicholson holds the role of Police Officer at Police Department based in Manhattan. They have served since 1998 (about 27 years). In 2025, their total compensation was -$91.
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Henry Calderon works as a Police Officer for Police Department based in Manhattan. Hired in 2024, they have about a year of service. Henry earned -$176 in 2025.
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Maria Mesa is a Police Officer at Police Department based in Manhattan. They have served since 2014 (about 11 years). 2025 total compensation came to -$563.
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Brendan Grossman works as a Police Officer for Police Department based in Manhattan. Their tenure dates to 2020, about 5 years. Brendan earned -$596 in 2025.
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Todd Habersham works as a Police Officer for Police Department based in Manhattan. They have served since 2014 (about 11 years). Todd earned -$693 in 2025.
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At Police Department, Jason Fernandez serves as a Police Officer based in Manhattan. Hired in 2020, they have about 5 years of service. Their 2025 pay totaled -$742.
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Curtis Morgan is a Police Officer at Police Department based in Manhattan. Their tenure dates to 2015, about 10 years. 2025 total compensation came to -$847.
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Clifford Saintvil works as a Police Officer for Police Department based in Manhattan. Hired in 2018, they have about 7 years of service. Clifford earned -$2,202 in 2025.
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Levi Jordan holds the role of Police Officer at Police Department based in Manhattan. Their tenure dates to 2011, about 14 years. In 2025, their total compensation was -$2,364.