Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary in McAllen, TX

Median pay for police & sheriff's patrol officers in McAllen, TX: $60,890/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $41,700 – $83,850 · about 1,820 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($69,845) by −$8,955 (-13%).

What it's really worth in McAllen

With McAllen's cost of living at 86 (US=100), that $60,890 has the buying power of about $70,741 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $49,371 · median home $193,978 · median rent $1,128/mo.

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How McAllen ranks for this job

On raw pay, McAllen, TX is 130th of the 186 metros we hold police & sheriff's patrol officers wages for. Once McAllen's cost of living is applied, it ranks 110th.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — McAllen is one of the places where police & sheriff's patrol officers gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in McAllen

A median home in McAllen, TX costs $193,978 — about 3.2× 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 $1,128/mo works out at 22% 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 McAllen.

Metro	Median pay	vs McAllen	Rent vs McAllen
San Jose, CA	$145,340	+139%	3.2×
San Francisco, CA	$134,860	+121%	2.9×
Vallejo, CA	$125,130	+106%	2.1×
Santa Maria, CA	$118,140	+94%	3×

Same job elsewhere in TX

Metro	Median pay	vs McAllen	Rent vs McAllen
Dallas, TX	$84,280	+38%	1.5×
Austin, TX	$84,210	+38%	1.4×
Laredo, TX	$81,910	+35%	1.2×
Amarillo, TX	$77,980	+28%	1.1×

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

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