Counted October 17, 2026 · from employers’ own postings
Police Officer: $68K median posted pay.
From 113 salary bands employers posted on 153 open police officer roles in protective service. Never an estimate.
The ladder, by level
What each rung pays.
| Level | Open roles | Median posted band | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | 3 | — (0 of 8 bands) | — |
| Junior | 2 | — (2 of 8 bands) | — |
Levels as the postings name them. A rung shows a median only where eight or more postings at that level carried a band.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open.
| Employer | Open roles | Entry level |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Marine Corps | 30 | — |
| Air National Guard Units | 14 | — |
| Commander, Navy Installations Command | 13 | — |
| United States Army Installation Management Command | 9 | — |
| Asmglobal | 8 | — |
| Supreme Court of the United States | 7 | — |
| Veterans Health Administration | 6 | — |
| U.S. Capitol Police | 5 | — |
| Army Tank-Automotive and Armament Command (TACOM) | 5 | — |
| University of Chicago | 4 | — |
Counted from employers’ own job boards. The ten with the most open police officer roles tonight.
The skills, as the postings name them
What these postings ask for.
| Skill | Postings | At entry |
|---|---|---|
| Law Enforcement | 153 | — |
| Investigation | 34 | — |
| CPR and Basic Life Support | 11 | — |
| Emergency Response | 9 | — |
| Statistics | 9 | — |
| Security Operations | 9 | — |
| Report Writing | 8 | — |
| Crisis Intervention | 7 | — |
| Traffic Enforcement | 5 | — |
| Classroom Teaching | 4 | — |
Where the work is
0% of these roles are remote.
- Remote0%0 roles
- Hybrid0%0 roles
- On site81%124 roles
- Not stated19%29 roles
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How this was counted
Every figure is counted from 153 open postings read from employers’ own job boards on October 17, 2026, and recounted every night. Pay is the band the employer posted — never an estimate, never a model — and 113 of these postings carried one. Titles are grouped by the words the postings use, with levels, shifts and schedules removed, so “Senior Police Officer (Nights)” counts here too. 100% of roles with this title sit in protective service, which is why this page belongs to that career. A title gets a page only where twenty-five or more roles are open, eight or more of them posted a band, three or more employers are hiring for it and four in five of its postings sit in one career, so no page here is a guess.