Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary in South Bend, IN

Median pay for police & sheriff's patrol officers in South Bend, IN: $64,770/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $50,420 – $76,530 · about 600 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($69,845) by −$5,075 (-7%).

What it's really worth in South Bend

With South Bend's cost of living at 91 (US=100), that $64,770 has the buying power of about $70,881 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $62,448 · median home $238,866 · median rent $1,340/mo.

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How South Bend ranks for this job

On raw pay, South Bend, IN is 114th of the 186 metros we hold police & sheriff's patrol officers wages for. Once South Bend's cost of living is applied, it ranks 109th.

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

What that salary buys in South Bend

A median home in South Bend, IN costs $238,866 — about 3.7× 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 $1,340/mo works out at 25% 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 South Bend.

Metro	Median pay	vs South Bend	Rent vs South Bend
San Jose, CA	$145,340	+124%	2.7×
San Francisco, CA	$134,860	+108%	2.4×
Vallejo, CA	$125,130	+93%	1.8×
Santa Maria, CA	$118,140	+82%	2.5×

Same job elsewhere in IN

Metro	Median pay	vs South Bend	Rent vs South Bend
Indianapolis, IN	$77,270	+19%	1.2×
Fort Wayne, IN	$71,540	+10%	0.9×
Evansville, IN	$62,350	−4%	0.8×

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

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