How much do Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers make in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL?

Percentile spread

For Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers, the published 10th percentile is $47,930 and the 90th percentile is $73,020. The difference is $25,090, which is 46.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $50,360 to the 75th at $63,830, covers $13,470.

The mean annual wage is $58,120, which sits above the median of $53,510. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL median is 29.8% lower than the national median of $76,210 for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $53,851, which is 29.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 28.1% lower than the Florida median of $74,470.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL is 99.367, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $53,510 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers at $53,851 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

17 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers. Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL ranks 17th of 18 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Ocala, FL is 52 miles away, with a median of $73,570 and employment of 780. That median is 37.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,252, against $53,851 here.
• Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL is 52 miles away, with a median of $63,010 and employment of 5,400. That median is 17.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,129, against $53,851 here.
• Wildwood-The Villages, FL is 62 miles away, with a median of $72,980 and employment of 220. That median is 36.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $85,433, against $53,851 here.

Employment share

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers accounts for 0.56% of wage-and-salary employment in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL (1,220 of 219,740). Nationally the occupation is 0.43% of employment (670,520 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.29 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.