Compared with the local labor market
Police Officer pay vs. the Worcester, MA area
Across all employers in the Worcester, MA area, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 2,000 people — is $80,210. Unknown Department pays a median base salary of $94,633 for this role, 18% above that figure — about the 71st percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Unknown Department sits in the local pay range
$60,150
$72,450
$80,210
$97,390
$102,530
Unknown Department median · $94,633
The bar is the range of annual wages for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers across every employer in the Worcester, MA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Unknown 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. Unknown Department’s median base salary is 24% above that national figure, about the 72nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$47,510
$59,290
$76,210
$97,600
$115,120
Unknown Department median · $94,633
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 Worcester, MA range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 360 of 371 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 Unknown Department is $128,256, 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.