Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary in Myrtle Beach, SC

Median pay for police & sheriff's patrol officers in Myrtle Beach, SC: $52,190/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $40,560 – $65,820 · about 1,020 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($69,845) by −$17,655 (-25%).

What it's really worth in Myrtle Beach

With Myrtle Beach's cost of living at 94 (US=100), that $52,190 has the buying power of about $55,655 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $63,296 · median home $340,239 · median rent $1,726/mo.

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How Myrtle Beach ranks for this job

On raw pay, Myrtle Beach, SC is 154th of the 186 metros we hold police & sheriff's patrol officers wages for. Once Myrtle Beach's cost of living is applied, it ranks 159th.

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

What that salary buys in Myrtle Beach

A median home in Myrtle Beach, SC costs $340,239 — about 6.5× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is harder here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,726/mo works out at 40% of gross pay — above the conventional 30% affordability ceiling, so renting would stretch this salary.

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 Myrtle Beach.

Metro	Median pay	vs Myrtle Beach	Rent vs Myrtle Beach
San Jose, CA	$145,340	+178%	2.1×
San Francisco, CA	$134,860	+158%	1.9×
Vallejo, CA	$125,130	+140%	1.4×
Santa Maria, CA	$118,140	+126%	1.9×

Same job elsewhere in SC

Metro	Median pay	vs Myrtle Beach	Rent vs Myrtle Beach
Charleston, SC	$52,560	+1%	1.2×
Greenville, SC	$51,780	−1%	0.9×
Columbia, SC	$50,270	−4%	0.9×
Spartanburg, SC	$48,100	−8%	0.9×

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

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