Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary in Boulder, CO

Median pay for police & sheriff's patrol officers in Boulder, CO: $90,590/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $70,830 – $102,840 · about 420 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($69,845) by +$20,745 (+30%).

What it's really worth in Boulder

With Boulder's cost of living at 101 (US=100), that $90,590 has the buying power of about $90,037 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $99,770 · median home $727,954 · median rent $2,257/mo.

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How Boulder ranks for this job

On raw pay, Boulder, CO is 30th of the 186 metros we hold police & sheriff's patrol officers wages for. Once Boulder's cost of living is applied, it ranks 34th.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Boulder sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Boulder

A median home in Boulder, CO costs $727,954 — about 8× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is harder here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $2,257/mo works out at 30% 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 Boulder.

Metro	Median pay	vs Boulder	Rent vs Boulder
San Jose, CA	$145,340	+60%	1.6×
San Francisco, CA	$134,860	+49%	1.4×
Vallejo, CA	$125,130	+38%	1.1×
Santa Maria, CA	$118,140	+30%	1.5×

Same job elsewhere in CO

Metro	Median pay	vs Boulder	Rent vs Boulder
Denver, CO	$100,790	+11%	0.8×
Fort Collins, CO	$99,280	+10%	0.9×
Colorado Springs, CO	$89,590	−1%	0.8×
Greeley, CO	$85,600	−6%	0.8×

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

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