Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary in Cape Coral, FL

Median pay for police & sheriff's patrol officers in Cape Coral, FL: $65,730/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $48,010 – $86,080 · about 930 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($69,845) by −$4,115 (-6%).

What it's really worth in Cape Coral

With Cape Coral's cost of living at 103 (US=100), that $65,730 has the buying power of about $63,754 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $69,368 · median home $339,372 · median rent $1,881/mo.

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How Cape Coral ranks for this job

On raw pay, Cape Coral, FL is 108th of the 186 metros we hold police & sheriff's patrol officers wages for. Once Cape Coral's cost of living is applied, it ranks 127th.

The headline number flatters Cape Coral. Once housing and everyday costs are taken into account, police & sheriff's patrol officers here keep less of what they earn than the raw salary implies.

What that salary buys in Cape Coral

A median home in Cape Coral, FL costs $339,372 — about 5.2× 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 $1,881/mo works out at 34% of gross pay — above the conventional 30% affordability ceiling, so renting would stretch this salary.

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 Cape Coral.

Metro	Median pay	vs Cape Coral	Rent vs Cape Coral
San Jose, CA	$145,340	+121%	1.9×
San Francisco, CA	$134,860	+105%	1.7×
Vallejo, CA	$125,130	+90%	1.3×
Santa Maria, CA	$118,140	+80%	1.8×

Same job elsewhere in FL

Metro	Median pay	vs Cape Coral	Rent vs Cape Coral
Miami, FL	$89,570	+36%	1.4×
Tampa, FL	$68,750	+5%	1.1×
Orlando, FL	$65,160	−1%	1.1×
Ocala, FL	$64,840	−1%	0.9×

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

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