Arkansas / Secretary of State / Police Officer
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
1 employee holds this title in Secretary of State. Median total compensation for the role is $67,560, above the department median of $59,741.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Arkansas, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 5,710 people — is $47,670. Secretary of State pays a median base salary of $67,560 for this role, 42% above that figure — about the 87th 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 Arkansas, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Secretary of State’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. Secretary of State’s median base salary is 11% below that national figure, about the 37th 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 Arkansas range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Secretary of State is $67,560, 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 4 Arkansas departments. In Secretary of State, the median of $67,560 ranks #1 of 4.
Median total compensation for the Police Officer role in other Arkansasdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 31 jurisdictions. In Arkansas, the median of $46,223 ranks #29 of 31. See Police Officer across all of Arkansas →
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.
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Record list
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Police Officer/Secretary of State
Source-specific fields
Robert Filippo works as a Police Officer for Secretary of State within Other. Their hire date on record is 11-30--0001. Robert earned $67,560 in 2025. Their pay grade is 201.