Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary in Yakima, WA

Median pay for police & sheriff's patrol officers in Yakima, WA: $82,090/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $59,700 – $98,390 · about 330 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($69,845) by +$12,245 (+18%).

What it's really worth in Yakima

With Yakima's cost of living at 98 (US=100), that $82,090 has the buying power of about $83,849 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $64,910 · median home $355,256 · median rent $1,371/mo.

Full Yakima cost of living & taxes →

How Yakima ranks for this job

On raw pay, Yakima, WA is 55th of the 186 metros we hold police & sheriff's patrol officers wages for. Once Yakima's cost of living is applied, it ranks 60th.

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

What that salary buys in Yakima

A median home in Yakima, WA costs $355,256 — about 4.3× 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 $1,371/mo works out at 20% 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 Yakima.

Metro	Median pay	vs Yakima	Rent vs Yakima
San Jose, CA	$145,340	+77%	2.6×
San Francisco, CA	$134,860	+64%	2.4×
Vallejo, CA	$125,130	+52%	1.8×
Santa Maria, CA	$118,140	+44%	2.4×

Same job elsewhere in WA

Metro	Median pay	vs Yakima	Rent vs Yakima
Seattle, WA	$109,180	+33%	1.6×
Kennewick, WA	$104,890	+28%	1.2×
Bremerton, WA	$96,890	+18%	1.5×
Olympia, WA	$92,140	+12%	1.5×

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

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