The annual salary statistics of police and sheriff's patrol officers in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, Arizona is shown in Table 1. The wage data of police and sheriff's patrol officers in Lake Havasu City-Kingman is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $50,020 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $52,210 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $62,970 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $71,100 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $79,650 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for police and sheriff's patrol officers in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, Arizona in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $79,650. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $62,970. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $50,020.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of police and sheriff's patrol officers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 9-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $62,970 | 5.11% | 20.47% |
| 2021 | $59,750 | 5.21% | - |
| 2020 | $56,640 | 0.49% | - |
| 2019 | $56,360 | 3.53% | - |
| 2018 | $54,370 | 3.11% | - |
| 2017 | $52,680 | -9.24% | - |
| 2016 | $57,550 | 3.58% | - |
| 2015 | $55,490 | 1.84% | - |
| 2014 | $54,470 | 8.06% | - |
| 2013 | $50,080 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $62,970, Lake Havasu City-Kingman is the second highest paying city for police and sheriff's patrol officers in state of Arizona, following the highest paying city Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale (median annual salary of $79,470). Compared with Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, the median annual salary of police and sheriff's patrol officers in Lake Havasu City-Kingman is 20.8 percent (20.8%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale | |
| Lake Havasu City-Kingman | |
| Tucson | |
| Prescott | |
| North Arizona nonmetropolitan area | |
| Flagstaff | |
| Sierra Vista-Douglas | |
| Yuma | |
| Southeast Arizona nonmetropolitan area |