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Metro Area Employment Data for Law Enforcement

Employment info for Law Enforcement, by major US metro area. The Popularity Index shows how common jobs for Law Enforcement are in the area. An Index of 1.0 means the area has an average number of people in the job compared to its population. A higher index indicates proportionally more jobs.

State	Metro Area	Jobs	Mean Salary	Popularity Index
Alabama	Anniston	30	$40,220	1.15
Alabama	Auburn	40	$36,800	1.65
Alabama	Birmingham	330	$53,750	1.01
Alabama	Huntsville	130	$57,020	1.05
Alabama	Montgomery	140	$51,510	1.34
Alaska	Anchorage	130	$67,540	1.3
Arizona	Flagstaff	50	$59,020	1.73
Arizona	Phoenix	1,280	$54,090	1.05
Arizona	Tucson	1,040	$57,830	4.49
Arkansas	Fayetteville	50	$43,280	0.45
Arkansas	Fort Smith	70	$48,830	0.96
Arkansas	Little Rock	210	$49,730	0.99
California	Bakersfield	40	$67,560	0.24
California	Fresno	140	$67,690	0.67
California	Modesto	80	$57,790	0.75
California	Oakland	470	$84,360	0.68
California	Oxnard	60	$78,430	0.31
California	Redding	60	$66,990	1.53
California	Riverside	780	$67,770	0.91
California	Sacramento	560	$62,560	0.93
California	San Diego	2,110	$63,690	2.42
California	San Jose	300	$80,740	0.5
California	San Luis Obispo	40	$79,160	0.63
California	Santa Ana	750	$78,970	0.73
California	Santa Rosa	30	$74,850	0.24
California	Vallejo	30	$72,900	0.37
Colorado	Colorado Springs	90	$61,760	0.57
Colorado	Denver	1,220	$69,580	1.53
Colorado	Grand Junction	40	$62,390	1.4
Colorado	Greeley	40	$54,930	0.98
Colorado	Pueblo	50	$67,510	1.87
Connecticut	Bridgeport	210	$65,210	0.74
Connecticut	Hartford	380	$65,760	1.05
Connecticut	New Haven	190	$72,840	1.08
Connecticut	Norwich	70	$63,590	0.94
Delaware	Dover	70	$54,960	2.14
Delaware	Wilmington	220	$61,230	1.03
District of Columbia	Washington	4,200	$82,040	2.73
Florida	Deltona	130	$45,100	1.29
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	890	$67,840	1.83
Florida	Fort Walton Beach	70	$52,450	1.48
Florida	Gainesville	120	$49,080	1.73
Florida	Jacksonville	400	$59,540	1.03
Florida	Lakeland	260	$44,280	2.04
Florida	Miami	1,430	$68,790	2.25
Florida	Ocala	40	$49,340	0.71
Florida	Orlando	720	$51,080	1.05
Florida	Palm Bay	170	$48,520	1.35
Florida	Panama City	100	$50,720	2.51
Florida	Pensacola	150	$61,210	1.54
Florida	Port St Lucie	130	$51,070	1.73
Florida	Sarasota	140	$50,220	0.75
Florida	Tallahassee	320	$51,130	3.21
Florida	Tampa	1,150	$57,910	1.42
Florida	West Palm Beach	410	$60,200	1.14
Georgia	Albany	120	$43,090	3.45
Georgia	Atlanta	1,920	$54,480	1.23
Georgia	Augusta	180	$38,670	1.37
Georgia	Columbus	120	$46,430	1.83
Georgia	Macon	130	$50,580	2.34
Georgia	Savannah	210	$47,750	2.37
Georgia	Valdosta	50	$34,500	1.97
Georgia	Warner Robins	40	$44,130	1.55
Hawaii	Honolulu	380	$71,830	1.39
Idaho	Boise	130	$54,610	0.83
Idaho	Pocatello	50	$43,620	3.11
Illinois	Chicago	2,960	$74,890	1.18
Illinois	Springfield	60	$69,550	0.95
Illinois	Waukegan	130	$62,730	0.55
Indiana	Fort Wayne	40	$51,320	0.3
Indiana	Gary	140	$54,120	0.79
Indiana	Indianapolis	350	$52,450	0.6
Indiana	Michigan City	40	$40,190	1.61
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	50	$56,130	0.63
Iowa	Davenport	30	$61,570	0.26
Iowa	Des Moines	200	$56,070	0.99
Kansas	Topeka	160	$49,830	2.47
Kansas	Wichita	190	$56,380	1.08
Kentucky	Lexington	90	$58,170	0.6
Kentucky	Louisville	170	$64,260	0.44
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	290	$46,720	1.27
Louisiana	Houma	110	$34,080	2.26
Louisiana	Lafayette	70	$43,220	0.87
Louisiana	Monroe	80	$35,050	1.85
Louisiana	New Orleans	430	$60,710	1.49
Louisiana	Shreveport	90	$51,830	0.9
Maine	Bangor	40	$48,490	1.08
Maine	Portland	150	$55,480	1.21
Maryland	Baltimore	730	$67,680	0.86
Maryland	Bethesda	110	$79,080	0.3
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	50	$64,660	0.81
Massachusetts	Boston	1,050	$69,480	0.95
Massachusetts	New Bedford	30	$59,260	0.8
Massachusetts	Springfield	40	$71,700	0.21
Massachusetts	Worcester	40	$70,280	0.25
Michigan	Detroit	840	$67,510	1.82
Michigan	Flint	60	$58,070	0.71
Michigan	Grand Rapids	100	$67,920	0.4
Michigan	Kalamazoo	50	$60,400	0.59
Michigan	Lansing	150	$56,910	1.3
Michigan	Warren	260	$62,920	0.33
Minnesota	Duluth	140	$59,910	1.76
Minnesota	Minneapolis	730	$64,200	0.61
Minnesota	St Cloud	40	$59,870	0.7
Mississippi	Gulfport	130	$51,780	2.29
Mississippi	Hattiesburg	40	$48,220	1.2
Mississippi	Jackson	300	$45,890	1.86
Missouri	Jefferson City	180	$42,810	4.78
Missouri	Joplin	60	$35,110	1.37
Missouri	Kansas City	730	$53,490	1.11
Missouri	Springfield	110	$46,760	1
Missouri	St Louis	710	$54,730	0.83
Montana	Billings	60	$61,330	1.23
Nebraska	Lincoln	50	$57,180	0.52
Nebraska	Omaha	190	$54,310	0.65
Nevada	Carson City	30	$63,670	1.93
Nevada	Las Vegas	320	$64,380	0.53
Nevada	Reno	90	$65,170	0.69
New Hampshire	Manchester	50	$70,750	0.83
New Hampshire	Nashua	50	$48,520	0.61
New Hampshire	Rochester	50	$41,840	1.73
New Jersey	Atlantic City	140	$74,370	1.66
New Jersey	Camden	540	$67,400	1.52
New Jersey	Edison	690	$80,820	1.02
New Jersey	Newark	1,040	$75,820	1.57
New Jersey	Ocean City	70	$64,890	2.93
New Jersey	Trenton	260	$79,280	1.8
New Jersey	Vineland	50	$58,800	1.43
New Mexico	Albuquerque	210	$65,250	0.87
New Mexico	Farmington	50	$45,460	1.81
New Mexico	Las Cruces	360	$52,860	10.43
New Mexico	Santa Fe	70	$45,740	2.01
New York	Albany	1,330	$66,360	4.68
New York	Binghamton	90	$52,210	1.41
New York	Buffalo	650	$59,420	1.88
New York	New York	5,510	$62,140	1.67
New York	Poughkeepsie	120	$61,850	0.79
New York	Rochester	260	$57,660	0.81
New York	Syracuse	150	$61,530	0.74
New York	Utica	190	$57,620	2.43
North Carolina	Asheville	150	$41,860	1.41
North Carolina	Burlington	30	$42,040	0.99
North Carolina	Charlotte	350	$53,950	0.66
North Carolina	Durham	120	$43,450	0.77
North Carolina	Fayetteville	90	$50,980	1.26
North Carolina	Greensboro	240	$47,270	1.01
North Carolina	Greenville	70	$45,240	1.92
North Carolina	Hickory	100	$38,810	0.94
North Carolina	Raleigh	410	$53,630	1.31
North Carolina	Wilmington	160	$47,940	1.94
North Carolina	Winston Salem	120	$40,970	0.92
North Dakota	Fargo	50	$60,030	0.74
North Dakota	Grand Forks	60	$57,640	2.13
Ohio	Canton	50	$54,200	0.45
Ohio	Cincinnati	320	$59,410	0.46
Ohio	Cleveland	520	$64,330	0.73
Ohio	Columbus	460	$58,260	0.78
Ohio	Dayton	110	$65,190	0.42
Ohio	Toledo	170	$50,410	0.82
Ohio	Youngstown	110	$52,030	0.74
Oklahoma	Lawton	50	$38,730	2.83
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	520	$46,900	1.42
Oklahoma	Tulsa	280	$43,710	1.05
Oregon	Eugene	40	$52,730	0.46
Oregon	Medford	30	$60,900	0.63
Oregon	Portland	420	$64,350	0.64
Oregon	Salem	80	$52,330	0.91
Pennsylvania	Allentown	130	$60,610	0.61
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	130	$60,960	0.7
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	70	$52,380	0.47
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1,450	$65,610	1.16
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	560	$60,130	0.76
Pennsylvania	Reading	60	$51,080	0.59
Pennsylvania	Scranton	80	$56,920	0.49
Pennsylvania	York	50	$57,920	0.44
Rhode Island	Providence	340	$59,560	0.94
South Carolina	Charleston	110	$64,520	0.61
South Carolina	Columbia	210	$51,180	0.96
South Carolina	Florence	90	$40,090	1.81
South Carolina	Greenville	130	$50,060	0.69
South Dakota	Rapid City	60	$50,350	1.82
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	70	$64,070	0.88
Tennessee	Chattanooga	80	$50,290	0.55
Tennessee	Clarksville	70	$42,450	1.62
Tennessee	Jackson	50	$50,280	1.7
Tennessee	Johnson City	90	$48,310	2.2
Tennessee	Kingsport	100	$45,390	1.47
Tennessee	Knoxville	170	$50,810	0.82
Tennessee	Memphis	290	$52,840	0.73
Texas	Abilene	60	$47,290	1.72
Texas	Amarillo	50	$50,000	0.85
Texas	Austin	310	$49,130	0.67
Texas	Beaumont	130	$44,010	1.34
Texas	Brownsville	700	$55,180	9.43
Texas	College Station	60	$43,750	1.42
Texas	Corpus Christi	140	$52,560	1.35
Texas	Dallas	1,100	$59,020	0.83
Texas	El Paso	1,290	$55,080	8.44
Texas	Fort Worth	360	$57,550	0.68
Texas	Houston	1,620	$61,590	1.03
Texas	Killeen	60	$48,140	0.88
Texas	Longview	80	$40,850	1.53
Texas	Lubbock	100	$48,960	1.46
Texas	Mcallen	630	$52,230	4.76
Texas	Midland	30	$52,170	0.97
Texas	Odessa	30	$42,120	1.03
Texas	San Antonio	1,110	$56,220	2.18
Texas	Texarkana	30	$44,100	0.99
Texas	Tyler	70	$52,750	1.3
Texas	Victoria	40	$40,910	1.68
Utah	Ogden	70	$51,550	0.63
Utah	Provo	30	$51,000	0.3
Utah	Salt Lake City	280	$54,570	0.72
Vermont	Burlington	80	$67,090	1.26
Virginia	Blacksburg	40	$52,710	1.31
Virginia	Charlottesville	50	$58,490	1.03
Virginia	Lynchburg	70	$59,050	1.21
Virginia	Richmond	600	$53,110	1.51
Virginia	Roanoke	130	$62,960	1.34
Virginia	Virginia Beach	420	$60,360	0.84
Virginia	Winchester	40	$55,940	1.41
Washington	Bellingham	170	$65,370	3.73
Washington	Bremerton	50	$68,560	1.04
Washington	Seattle	670	$72,060	0.76
Washington	Spokane	170	$68,350	1.32
Washington	Tacoma	130	$67,450	0.79
Washington	Yakima	50	$59,920	1.05
West Virginia	Charleston	130	$48,370	1.45
Wisconsin	Eau Claire	60	$55,350	1.35
Wisconsin	Green Bay	50	$62,630	0.48
Wisconsin	Madison	180	$58,380	0.87
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	600	$61,120	1.08

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