Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary in Beaumont, TX

Median pay for police & sheriff's patrol officers in Beaumont, TX: $76,760/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $54,860 – $94,720 · about 840 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($69,845) by +$6,915 (+10%).

What it's really worth in Beaumont

With Beaumont's cost of living at 91 (US=100), that $76,760 has the buying power of about $84,547 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $62,427 · median home $185,608 · median rent $1,332/mo.

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How Beaumont ranks for this job

On raw pay, Beaumont, TX is 75th of the 186 metros we hold police & sheriff's patrol officers wages for. Once Beaumont's cost of living is applied, it ranks 56th.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Beaumont is one of the places where police & sheriff's patrol officers gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Beaumont

A median home in Beaumont, TX costs $185,608 — about 2.4× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,332/mo works out at 21% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where police & sheriff's patrol officers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Beaumont.

Metro	Median pay	vs Beaumont	Rent vs Beaumont
San Jose, CA	$145,340	+89%	2.7×
San Francisco, CA	$134,860	+76%	2.4×
Vallejo, CA	$125,130	+63%	1.8×
Santa Maria, CA	$118,140	+54%	2.5×

Same job elsewhere in TX

Metro	Median pay	vs Beaumont	Rent vs Beaumont
Dallas, TX	$84,280	+10%	1.3×
Austin, TX	$84,210	+10%	1.2×
Laredo, TX	$81,910	+7%	1×
Amarillo, TX	$77,980	+2%	1×

Staying in TX keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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