The annual salary statistics of police and sheriff's patrol officers in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida is shown in Table 1. The wage information of police and sheriff's patrol officers in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach 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 | $49,140 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $62,400 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $76,270 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $88,030 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $99,330 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for police and sheriff's patrol officers in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $99,330. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $76,270. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $49,140.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of police and sheriff's patrol officers from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $76,270 | 2.92% | 5.81% |
| 2016 | $74,040 | 6.62% | - |
| 2015 | $69,140 | -4.86% | - |
| 2014 | $72,500 | 1.45% | - |
| 2013 | $71,450 | -0.55% | - |
| 2012 | $71,840 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $76,270, Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach is the second highest paying city for police and sheriff's patrol officers in state of Florida, following the highest paying city Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach (median annual salary of $84,860). Compared with Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, the median annual salary of police and sheriff's patrol officers in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach is 10.1 percent (10.1%) lower.