SALARY · POLICE AND SHERIFF'S PATROL OFFICERS · CONNECTICUT

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary in Connecticut

Salary talk gets noisy fast, so I try to keep it plain. In Connecticut, police and sheriff's patrol officers earned a median of $82,170 a year. From there, this page walks through the range, the hourly rate, how many people do the job here, and what stays in your pocket after federal tax and FICA.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$82,170

$40 per hour at the median · That is $5,960 (7.8 percent) above the national median of $76,210 for this occupation.

$83,920Mean annual salary
$40Mean hourly wage
$6,500People employed in this job in Connecticut

Salary range

25th: $77,500Median: $82,17075th: $93,520
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$77,500
Median (50th percentile)$82,170
75th percentile$93,520
Mean$83,920

The middle half of workers earned from $77,500 to $93,520 a year. Employment size matters too. A field with many workers in a state usually means more openings and more room to move employers without moving states. A small field can pay well but offer fewer ways in.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED PAY BEFORE STATE TAX

$66,637 a year
$5,553 a month
Federal tax $9,247 · FICA $6,286

State tax is not in this figure. State tax for Connecticut is not included in this figure, because the verified $50,000 and $100,000 hand checks rest on Tables C, D and E, and the full schedules for those tables are not encoded for every salary in this build. Treat this figure as before state tax, not as a final take-home figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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