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

Median pay for police & sheriff's patrol officers in Naples, FL: $62,790/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $45,530 – $97,420 · about 370 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($69,845) by −$7,055 (-10%).

What it's really worth in Naples

With Naples's cost of living at 106 (US=100), that $62,790 has the buying power of about $58,969 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $82,011 · median home $556,339 · median rent $2,739/mo.

Full Naples cost of living & taxes →

How Naples ranks for this job

On raw pay, Naples, FL is 121st of the 186 metros we hold police & sheriff's patrol officers wages for. Once Naples's cost of living is applied, it ranks 145th.

The headline number flatters Naples. 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 Naples

A median home in Naples, FL costs $556,339 — about 8.9× 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 $2,739/mo works out at 52% 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 Naples.

MetroMedian payvs NaplesRent vs Naples
San Jose, CA $145,340 +131% 1.3×
San Francisco, CA $134,860 +115% 1.2×
Vallejo, CA $125,130 +99% 0.9×
Santa Maria, CA $118,140 +88% 1.2×

Same job elsewhere in FL

MetroMedian payvs NaplesRent vs Naples
Miami, FL $89,570 +43%
Tampa, FL $68,750 +9% 0.7×
Cape Coral, FL $65,730 +5% 0.7×
Orlando, FL $65,160 +4% 0.7×

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

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Source: US BLS OEWS (May 2023) median annual wage; cost of living from BEA; home price and rent from Zillow; household income from US Census ACS. Rankings are across the 186 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.