Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary in Gainesville, FL

Median pay for police & sheriff's patrol officers in Gainesville, FL: $58,260/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $43,160 – $76,840 · about 770 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($69,845) by −$11,585 (-17%).

What it's really worth in Gainesville

With Gainesville's cost of living at 97 (US=100), that $58,260 has the buying power of about $59,915 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $56,638 · median home $306,605 · median rent $1,681/mo.

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How Gainesville ranks for this job

On raw pay, Gainesville, FL is 138th of the 186 metros we hold police & sheriff's patrol officers wages for. Once Gainesville's cost of living is applied, it ranks 141st.

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

What that salary buys in Gainesville

A median home in Gainesville, FL costs $306,605 — about 5.3× 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 $1,681/mo works out at 35% 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 Gainesville.

Metro	Median pay	vs Gainesville	Rent vs Gainesville
San Jose, CA	$145,340	+149%	2.2×
San Francisco, CA	$134,860	+131%	1.9×
Vallejo, CA	$125,130	+115%	1.4×
Santa Maria, CA	$118,140	+103%	2×

Same job elsewhere in FL

Metro	Median pay	vs Gainesville	Rent vs Gainesville
Miami, FL	$89,570	+54%	1.6×
Tampa, FL	$68,750	+18%	1.2×
Cape Coral, FL	$65,730	+13%	1.1×
Orlando, FL	$65,160	+12%	1.2×

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

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