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

Percentile spread

For Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers, the published 10th percentile is $24,220 and the 90th percentile is $30,830. The difference is $6,610, which is 21.4% 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 $28,360 to the 75th at $30,830, covers $2,470.

The mean annual wage is $31,180, which sits above the median of $30,830. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Ponce, PR median is 59.5% lower than the national median of $76,210 for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers.

It is 32.3% lower 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 Ponce, 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. Ponce, PR ranks 4th 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).).

• Arecibo, PR is 30 miles away, with a median of $33,070 and employment of 80. That median is 7.3% higher than the median here.
• Mayaguez, PR is 34 miles away, with a median of $61,440 and employment of 190. That median is 99.3% higher than the median here.
• Guayama, PR is 38 miles away, with a median of $29,410 and employment of 50. That median is 4.6% lower than the median here.

Employment share

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers accounts for 0.52% of wage-and-salary employment in Ponce, PR (330 of 63,500). Nationally the occupation is 0.43% of employment (670,520 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.21 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.