SOC 33-3051 · Protective Service Occupations · May 2025

How much do Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers make in Mayaguez, PR?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Mayaguez, PR is $61,440. The 10th percentile is $30,000 and the 90th percentile is $97,260. Employment is 190.

Median annual wage

$61,440

10th percentile
$30,000
25th percentile
$33,020
Median
$61,440
75th percentile
$94,750
90th percentile
$97,260
Mean
$65,270

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Portrait of a woman police officer in uniform
A police officer during a United Nations visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 2012. Photograph by Myriam Asmani, MONUSCO. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Percentile spread

For Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers, the published 10th percentile is $30,000 and the 90th percentile is $97,260. The difference is $67,260, which is 109.5% 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 $33,020 to the 75th at $94,750, covers $61,730.

The mean annual wage is $65,270, which sits above the median of $61,440. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Mayaguez, PR median is 19.4% lower than the national median of $76,210 for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers.

It is 35% higher than the Puerto Rico median of $45,510.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Mayaguez, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers. Mayaguez, PR ranks 1st of 6 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).).

  • Aguadilla, PR is 26 miles away, with a median of $28,560 and employment of 120. That median is 53.5% lower than the median here.
  • Ponce, PR is 34 miles away, with a median of $30,830 and employment of 330. That median is 49.8% lower than the median here.
  • Arecibo, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $33,070 and employment of 80. That median is 46.2% lower than the median here.

Employment share

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers accounts for 0.36% of wage-and-salary employment in Mayaguez, PR (190 of 52,110). Nationally the occupation is 0.43% of employment (670,520 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.85 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers make in Mayaguez, PR?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Mayaguez, PR is $61,440. The 10th percentile is $30,000 and the 90th percentile is $97,260. Employment is 190.

How does that compare with the national median for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers?

The local median is 19.4% lower than the national median of $76,210.

How does Mayaguez, PR compare with nearby metros for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers?

Aguadilla, PR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 26 miles away, at $28,560. Mayaguez, PR ranks 1st of 6 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.