Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary in Fayetteville, AR

Median pay for police & sheriff's patrol officers in Fayetteville, AR: $48,030/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $39,590 – $61,120 · about 820 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($69,845) by −$21,815 (-31%).

What it's really worth in Fayetteville

With Fayetteville's cost of living at 91 (US=100), that $48,030 has the buying power of about $52,521 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $73,316 · median home $368,497 · median rent $1,594/mo.

Full Fayetteville cost of living & taxes →

How Fayetteville ranks for this job

On raw pay, Fayetteville, AR is 175th of the 186 metros we hold police & sheriff's patrol officers wages for. Once Fayetteville's cost of living is applied, it ranks 173rd.

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

What that salary buys in Fayetteville

A median home in Fayetteville, AR costs $368,497 — about 7.7× 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 $1,594/mo works out at 40% 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 Fayetteville.

Metro	Median pay	vs Fayetteville	Rent vs Fayetteville
San Jose, CA	$145,340	+203%	2.3×
San Francisco, CA	$134,860	+181%	2×
Vallejo, CA	$125,130	+161%	1.5×
Santa Maria, CA	$118,140	+146%	2.1×

Same job elsewhere in AR

Metro	Median pay	vs Fayetteville	Rent vs Fayetteville
Little Rock, AR	$53,960	+12%	0.8×
Fort Smith, AR	$42,620	−11%	0.6×

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

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