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Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers pay in California and Georgia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers is $118,880 per year in California. It is $58,120 per year in Georgia. California is 104.5% above Georgia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 33-3051 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 65,940 wage and salary jobs in California and 22,170 in Georgia. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.