Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary in Lincoln, NE

Median pay for police & sheriff's patrol officers in Lincoln, NE: $83,770/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $60,740 – $87,320 · about 470 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($69,845) by +$13,925 (+20%).

What it's really worth in Lincoln

With Lincoln's cost of living at 92 (US=100), that $83,770 has the buying power of about $91,160 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $70,899 · median home $304,242 · median rent $1,344/mo.

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How Lincoln ranks for this job

On raw pay, Lincoln, NE is 49th of the 186 metros we hold police & sheriff's patrol officers wages for. Once Lincoln's cost of living is applied, it ranks 30th.

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

A median home in Lincoln, NE costs $304,242 — about 3.6× 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 $1,344/mo works out at 19% 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 Lincoln.

Metro	Median pay	vs Lincoln	Rent vs Lincoln
San Jose, CA	$145,340	+73%	2.7×
San Francisco, CA	$134,860	+61%	2.4×
Vallejo, CA	$125,130	+49%	1.8×
Santa Maria, CA	$118,140	+41%	2.5×

Same job elsewhere in NE

Metro	Median pay	vs Lincoln	Rent vs Lincoln
Omaha, NE	$85,430	+2%	1.1×

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

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