Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary in Canton, OH

Median pay for police & sheriff's patrol officers in Canton, OH: $63,690/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $37,000 – $80,970 · about 520 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($69,845) by −$6,155 (-9%).

What it's really worth in Canton

With Canton's cost of living at 89 (US=100), that $63,690 has the buying power of about $71,882 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $62,859 · median home $218,776 · median rent $1,084/mo.

Full Canton cost of living & taxes →

How Canton ranks for this job

On raw pay, Canton, OH is 119th of the 186 metros we hold police & sheriff's patrol officers wages for. Once Canton's cost of living is applied, it ranks 106th.

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

What that salary buys in Canton

A median home in Canton, OH costs $218,776 — about 3.4× 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 $1,084/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 Canton.

Metro	Median pay	vs Canton	Rent vs Canton
San Jose, CA	$145,340	+128%	3.3×
San Francisco, CA	$134,860	+112%	3×
Vallejo, CA	$125,130	+96%	2.2×
Santa Maria, CA	$118,140	+85%	3.1×

Same job elsewhere in OH

Metro	Median pay	vs Canton	Rent vs Canton
Columbus, OH	$86,640	+36%	1.4×
Cincinnati, OH	$80,070	+26%	1.5×
Cleveland, OH	$79,420	+25%	1.3×
Toledo, OH	$71,340	+12%	1.2×

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

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