Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary in Cleveland, OH

Median pay for police & sheriff's patrol officers in Cleveland, OH: $79,420/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $45,490 – $94,340 · about 4,260 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($69,845) by +$9,575 (+14%).

What it's really worth in Cleveland

With Cleveland's cost of living at 91 (US=100), that $79,420 has the buying power of about $86,893 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $66,481 · median home $252,210 · median rent $1,461/mo.

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How Cleveland ranks for this job

On raw pay, Cleveland, OH is 65th of the 186 metros we hold police & sheriff's patrol officers wages for. Once Cleveland's cost of living is applied, it ranks 42nd.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Cleveland 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 Cleveland

A median home in Cleveland, OH costs $252,210 — about 3.2× 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 $1,461/mo works out at 22% 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 Cleveland.

Metro	Median pay	vs Cleveland	Rent vs Cleveland
San Jose, CA	$145,340	+83%	2.5×
San Francisco, CA	$134,860	+70%	2.2×
Vallejo, CA	$125,130	+58%	1.6×
Santa Maria, CA	$118,140	+49%	2.3×

Same job elsewhere in OH

Metro	Median pay	vs Cleveland	Rent vs Cleveland
Columbus, OH	$86,640	+9%	1×
Cincinnati, OH	$80,070	+1%	1.1×
Toledo, OH	$71,340	−10%	0.9×
Akron, OH	$68,960	−13%	0.9×

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

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