Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary in Trenton, NJ

Median pay for police & sheriff's patrol officers in Trenton, NJ: $76,680/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $57,420 – $123,690 · about 750 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($69,845) by +$6,835 (+10%).

What it's really worth in Trenton

With Trenton's cost of living at 102 (US=100), that $76,680 has the buying power of about $74,870 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $92,697 · median home $446,377 · median rent $2,623/mo.

Full Trenton cost of living & taxes →

How Trenton ranks for this job

On raw pay, Trenton, NJ is 76th of the 186 metros we hold police & sheriff's patrol officers wages for. Once Trenton's cost of living is applied, it ranks 94th.

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

What that salary buys in Trenton

A median home in Trenton, NJ costs $446,377 — about 5.8× 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 $2,623/mo works out at 41% 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 Trenton.

Metro	Median pay	vs Trenton	Rent vs Trenton
San Jose, CA	$145,340	+90%	1.4×
San Francisco, CA	$134,860	+76%	1.2×
Vallejo, CA	$125,130	+63%	0.9×
Santa Maria, CA	$118,140	+54%	1.3×

Same job elsewhere in NJ

Metro	Median pay	vs Trenton	Rent vs Trenton
Atlantic City, NJ	$79,550	+4%	0.8×

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

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