Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary in Salisbury, MD

Median pay for police & sheriff's patrol officers in Salisbury, MD: $68,400/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $49,460 – $91,580 · about 830 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($69,845) by −$1,445 (-2%).

What it's really worth in Salisbury

With Salisbury's cost of living at 93 (US=100), that $68,400 has the buying power of about $73,832 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $72,964 · median home $429,483 · median rent $1,968/mo.

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How Salisbury ranks for this job

On raw pay, Salisbury, MD is 100th of the 186 metros we hold police & sheriff's patrol officers wages for. Once Salisbury's cost of living is applied, it ranks 98th.

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

What that salary buys in Salisbury

A median home in Salisbury, MD costs $429,483 — about 6.3× 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 $1,968/mo works out at 35% 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 Salisbury.

Metro	Median pay	vs Salisbury	Rent vs Salisbury
San Jose, CA	$145,340	+112%	1.8×
San Francisco, CA	$134,860	+97%	1.7×
Vallejo, CA	$125,130	+83%	1.2×
Santa Maria, CA	$118,140	+73%	1.7×

Same job elsewhere in MD

Metro	Median pay	vs Salisbury	Rent vs Salisbury
Baltimore, MD	$75,330	+10%	1×
Hagerstown, MD	$60,720	−11%	0.8×

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

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