Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary in Flint, MI

Median pay for police & sheriff's patrol officers in Flint, MI: $61,290/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $46,040 – $81,790 · about 580 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($69,845) by −$8,555 (-12%).

What it's really worth in Flint

With Flint's cost of living at 90 (US=100), that $61,290 has the buying power of about $68,192 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $58,594 · median home $197,858 · median rent $1,096/mo.

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How Flint ranks for this job

On raw pay, Flint, MI is 129th of the 186 metros we hold police & sheriff's patrol officers wages for. Once Flint's cost of living is applied, it ranks 117th.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Flint sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Flint

A median home in Flint, MI costs $197,858 — 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 $1,096/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 Flint.

Metro	Median pay	vs Flint	Rent vs Flint
San Jose, CA	$145,340	+137%	3.3×
San Francisco, CA	$134,860	+120%	3×
Vallejo, CA	$125,130	+104%	2.2×
Santa Maria, CA	$118,140	+93%	3×

Same job elsewhere in MI

Metro	Median pay	vs Flint	Rent vs Flint
Grand Rapids, MI	$76,490	+25%	1.5×
Ann Arbor, MI	$75,500	+23%	1.9×
Detroit, MI	$74,610	+22%	1.4×
Lansing, MI	$71,340	+16%	1.2×

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

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