Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary in Amarillo, TX

Median pay for police & sheriff's patrol officers in Amarillo, TX: $77,980/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $53,260 – $82,400 · about 590 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($69,845) by +$8,135 (+12%).

What it's really worth in Amarillo

With Amarillo's cost of living at 91 (US=100), that $77,980 has the buying power of about $85,341 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $64,147 · median home $219,904 · median rent $1,293/mo.

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How Amarillo ranks for this job

On raw pay, Amarillo, TX is 71st of the 186 metros we hold police & sheriff's patrol officers wages for. Once Amarillo's cost of living is applied, it ranks 52nd.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Amarillo is one of the places where police & sheriff's patrol officers gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Amarillo

A median home in Amarillo, TX costs $219,904 — about 2.8× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,293/mo works out at 20% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where police & sheriff's patrol officers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Amarillo.

Metro	Median pay	vs Amarillo	Rent vs Amarillo
San Jose, CA	$145,340	+86%	2.8×
San Francisco, CA	$134,860	+73%	2.5×
Vallejo, CA	$125,130	+60%	1.9×
Santa Maria, CA	$118,140	+52%	2.6×

Same job elsewhere in TX

Metro	Median pay	vs Amarillo	Rent vs Amarillo
Dallas, TX	$84,280	+8%	1.3×
Austin, TX	$84,210	+8%	1.3×
Laredo, TX	$81,910	+5%	1.1×
Beaumont, TX	$76,760	−2%	1×

Staying in TX keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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