Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary in Grand Rapids, MI

Median pay for police & sheriff's patrol officers in Grand Rapids, MI: $76,490/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $43,280 – $86,700 · about 1,360 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($69,845) by +$6,645 (+10%).

What it's really worth in Grand Rapids

With Grand Rapids's cost of living at 95 (US=100), that $76,490 has the buying power of about $80,537 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $76,898 · median home $359,923 · median rent $1,623/mo.

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How Grand Rapids ranks for this job

On raw pay, Grand Rapids, MI is 77th of the 186 metros we hold police & sheriff's patrol officers wages for. Once Grand Rapids's cost of living is applied, it ranks 77th.

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

What that salary buys in Grand Rapids

A median home in Grand Rapids, MI costs $359,923 — about 4.7× 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 $1,623/mo works out at 25% 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 Grand Rapids.

Metro	Median pay	vs Grand Rapids	Rent vs Grand Rapids
San Jose, CA	$145,340	+90%	2.2×
San Francisco, CA	$134,860	+76%	2×
Vallejo, CA	$125,130	+64%	1.5×
Santa Maria, CA	$118,140	+54%	2.1×

Same job elsewhere in MI

Metro	Median pay	vs Grand Rapids	Rent vs Grand Rapids
Ann Arbor, MI	$75,500	−1%	1.3×
Detroit, MI	$74,610	−2%	0.9×
Lansing, MI	$71,340	−7%	0.8×
Kalamazoo, MI	$69,770	−9%	0.8×

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

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