Police Sergeant

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives — about 7,910 people — is $80,120. World Congress Center Authority, Geo L Smith II, Georgia pays a median base salary of $71,946 for this role, 10% below that figure — about the 36th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

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 World Congress Center Authority, Geo L Smith II, Georgia is $49,024, 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.

Police Sergeant is held in 5 Georgia departments. In World Congress Center Authority, Geo L Smith II, Georgia, the median of $49,024 ranks #4 of 5.

This role is reported in 21 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $19,524 ranks #21 of 21. See Police Sergeant across all of Georgia →

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