Georgia / Georgia Highlands College / Police Officer
Job-title file
Enforce laws and maintain public safety — patrol, respond to incidents, investigate crimes, and make arrests.
5 employees hold this title in Georgia Highlands College. Median total compensation for the role is $35,254, above the department median of $25,833.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers — about 22,170 people — is $58,120. Georgia Highlands College pays a median base salary of $58,003 for this role, in line with that figure — about the 50th 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 Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Georgia Highlands College’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. Georgia Highlands College’s median base salary is 24% below that national figure, about the 23rd 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 Georgia range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 3 of 5 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 Georgia Highlands College is $35,254, 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 26 Georgia departments. In Georgia Highlands College, the median of $35,254 ranks #21 of 26.
Median total compensation for the Police Officer role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 31 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $53,167 ranks #28 of 31. See Police Officer across all of Georgia →
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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Clayton Buckner is a Police Officer at Georgia Highlands College. 2025 total compensation came to $59,424.
Police Officer/Georgia Highlands College
Eric Menzies is a Police Officer at Georgia Highlands College. 2025 total compensation came to $58,003.
Police Officer/Georgia Highlands College
Landon Coleman is a Police Officer at Georgia Highlands College. 2025 total compensation came to $35,254.
Police Officer/Georgia Highlands College
Melissa Hall is a Police Officer at Georgia Highlands College. 2025 total compensation came to $3,115.
Police Officer/Georgia Highlands College
Marie Barge works as a Police Officer for Georgia Highlands College. Marie earned $1,757 in 2025.