Pay distribution $119,130 10th $131,620 25th $134,530 75th $160,450 90th
Half of First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives in the Boulder metro area earn more than $132,360 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $131,620 and $134,530.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $119,130 $131,620 $132,360 $134,530 $160,450 Hourly $57.27 $63.28 $63.63 $64.68 $77.14
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Boulder metro areathis metro area
$132,360 median for Boulder metro area; middle half earns $131,620 to $134,530
$126,810 median for Colorado; middle half earns $116,750 to $133,400
$106,040 median for United States; middle half earns $81,860 to $132,620
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +4% vs Colorado overall and +25% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $32,270 $80,127 $127,983 $175,840 Ponce, PR — $32,270 Aguadilla, PR — $33,940 Johnson City, TN — $47,720 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $50,560 Monroe, LA — $53,770 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $57,220 Hot Springs, AR — $57,680 Lafayette, LA — $58,070 Florence, SC — $59,510 Terre Haute, IN — $60,120 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $60,610 Knoxville, TN — $60,800 Rome, GA — $60,950 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $62,150 Columbus, GA-AL — $62,510 Hattiesburg, MS — $63,090 Jackson, MS — $63,120 Alexandria, LA — $63,500 Valdosta, GA — $63,950 Dothan, AL — $64,020 Morristown, TN — $64,080 Jonesboro, AR — $66,290 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $66,650 Hammond, LA — $66,880 Jackson, TN — $67,300 Spartanburg, SC — $71,140 Joplin, MO-KS — $71,630 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $71,730 Lake Charles, LA — $72,230 Texarkana, TX-AR — $72,880 Wheeling, WV-OH — $73,190 Columbia, SC — $73,450 Albany, GA — $73,560 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $73,600 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $73,700 Wichita Falls, TX — $74,380 Baton Rouge, LA — $74,450 Montgomery, AL — $74,450 Tuscaloosa, AL — $74,510 Greenville, NC — $74,520 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $74,580 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $74,710 Paducah, KY-IL — $74,740 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $74,780 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $74,820 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $74,860 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $74,970 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $75,190 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $75,220 Sebring, FL — $75,250 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $75,340 Bloomington, IN — $75,390 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $75,530 Muncie, IN — $75,580 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $75,720 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $75,740 Beckley, WV — $75,780 Mobile, AL — $75,970 Lima, OH — $76,010 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $76,160 Clarksville, TN-KY — $76,650 Elizabethtown, KY — $76,800 Lawton, OK — $76,960 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $77,250 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $77,330 Bowling Green, KY — $77,430 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $77,500 Goldsboro, NC — $77,740 Charleston, WV — $77,780 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $77,890 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $77,930 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $77,960 Winston-Salem, NC — $78,130 Winchester, VA-WV — $78,230 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $78,250 Saginaw, MI — $78,570 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $78,610 Punta Gorda, FL — $79,040 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $79,050 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $79,200 Gainesville, GA — $79,350 Kokomo, IN — $79,500 Flint, MI — $79,970 Altoona, PA — $80,580 Dalton, GA — $80,760 Traverse City, MI — $80,990 Hinesville, GA — $81,050 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $81,090 Warner Robins, GA — $81,120 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $81,170 Enid, OK — $81,240 Manhattan, KS — $81,330 Columbia, MO — $81,340 Savannah, GA — $81,340 Harrisonburg, VA — $81,440 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $81,530 Monroe, MI — $81,650 Asheville, NC — $81,670 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $81,800 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $81,860 Niles, MI — $82,160 Sandusky, OH — $82,270 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $82,450 Decatur, AL — $83,140 Canton-Massillon, OH — $83,670 Logan, UT-ID — $83,790 Mansfield, OH — $84,020 Williamsport, PA — $84,690 Albuquerque, NM — $85,290 Longview, TX — $85,890 Springfield, MO — $85,930 Rocky Mount, NC — $86,420 Fayetteville, NC — $87,480 Worcester, MA — $87,950 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $88,450 Evansville, IN — $88,870 Pocatello, ID — $89,260 Utica-Rome, NY — $89,490 Bangor, ME — $89,830 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $90,020 Twin Falls, ID — $90,180 Bozeman, MT — $90,360 Wausau, WI — $90,470 Wichita, KS — $90,610 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $91,730 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $92,050 Sheboygan, WI — $92,110 Eau Claire, WI — $92,390 Killeen-Temple, TX — $92,690 Tallahassee, FL — $92,860 Glens Falls, NY — $93,340 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $94,150 Charlottesville, VA — $94,220 Kingston, NY — $94,370 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $94,420 Chambersburg, PA — $94,490 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $94,530 Wilmington, NC — $94,670 Las Cruces, NM — $94,730 Birmingham, AL — $94,790 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $94,830 Green Bay, WI — $94,870 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $95,000 Salisbury, MD — $95,020 Fort Wayne, IN — $95,400 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $95,490 Billings, MT — $95,530 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $95,610 Battle Creek, MI — $95,800 Jackson, MI — $95,820 Idaho Falls, ID — $95,850 Roanoke, VA — $96,100 State College, PA — $96,130 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $96,140 Gainesville, FL — $96,270 Arecibo, PR — $96,310 Farmington, NM — $96,420 Pittsfield, MA — $96,570 Albany, OR — $96,670 Portland-South Portland, ME — $96,760 Rockford, IL — $96,910 Toledo, OH — $96,920 Appleton, WI — $97,020 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $97,100 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $97,140 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $97,180 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $97,180 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $97,200 Tulsa, OK — $97,220 Boise City, ID — $97,300 Burlington, NC — $97,350 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $97,380 Jacksonville, NC — $97,470 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $97,560 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $97,590 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $97,600 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $97,710 Kansas City, MO-KS — $97,830 Helena, MT — $97,850 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $97,860 Erie, PA — $97,860 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $98,000 Lynchburg, VA — $98,070 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $98,140 Minot, ND — $98,160 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $98,180 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $98,230 Bismarck, ND — $98,300 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $98,530 Kenosha, WI — $98,540 Homosassa Springs, FL — $98,640 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $98,880 Grand Island, NE — $98,880 Springfield, OH — $98,920 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $99,070 Oklahoma City, OK — $99,070 Huntsville, AL — $99,090 Springfield, MA — $99,210 St. Louis, MO-IL — $99,270 Peoria, IL — $99,310 Yuma, AZ — $99,370 College Station-Bryan, TX — $99,390 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $99,390 Ann Arbor, MI — $99,450 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $99,700 Ogden, UT — $99,830 Akron, OH — $99,840 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $100,020 Lebanon, PA — $100,120 Richmond, VA — $100,260 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $100,770 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $100,770 Duluth, MN-WI — $100,810 Cleveland, OH — $101,190 Elmira, NY — $101,350 Tucson, AZ — $101,570 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $101,680 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $101,770 Corpus Christi, TX — $101,850 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $101,880 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $102,070 Lawrence, KS — $102,210 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $102,610 Jefferson City, MO — $102,840 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $102,870 Ames, IA — $102,930 Amarillo, TX — $103,020 Pittsburgh, PA — $103,060 Pueblo, CO — $103,270 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $103,330 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $103,640 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $103,800 Syracuse, NY — $104,110 San Angelo, TX — $104,230 Rapid City, SD — $104,480 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $104,880 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $105,000 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $105,110 Lancaster, PA — $105,200 Ocala, FL — $105,210 Iowa City, IA — $105,570 Waco, TX — $105,570 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $105,680 Topeka, KS — $105,910 Ithaca, NY — $105,980 Rochester, MN — $106,000 Omaha, NE-IA — $106,100 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $106,200 Flagstaff, AZ — $106,270 New Haven, CT — $106,400 Fargo, ND-MN — $106,480 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $106,660 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $106,750 Reading, PA — $106,980 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $107,150 Mankato, MN — $107,310 York-Hanover, PA — $107,700 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $107,880 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $108,190 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $108,740 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $109,780 Springfield, IL — $110,080 Rochester, NY — $110,490 Medford, OR — $111,390 St. Cloud, MN — $111,840 Laredo, TX — $111,870 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $112,280 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $112,840 Lubbock, TX — $112,840 Dubuque, IA — $113,920 Missoula, MT — $113,990 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $114,400 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $114,520 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $114,800 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $115,200 El Paso, TX — $115,820 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $116,950 Madison, WI — $117,080 Tyler, TX — $117,260 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $117,790 Lincoln, NE — $117,860 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $118,150 Abilene, TX — $118,210 Binghamton, NY — $118,540 St. George, UT — $119,010 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $119,320 Longview-Kelso, WA — $119,540 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $119,540 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $119,990 Cedar Rapids, IA — $120,030 Santa Fe, NM — $120,030 Carson City, NV — $120,080 Grand Junction, CO — $121,670 Merced, CA — $121,720 Columbus, OH — $121,750 Yuba City, CA — $121,880 Port St. Lucie, FL — $122,140 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $122,210 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $122,240 Corvallis, OR — $122,270 Colorado Springs, CO — $122,420 Midland, TX — $122,740 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $122,960 Jacksonville, FL — $123,290 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $123,350 Barnstable Town, MA — $124,420 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $124,660 Chico, CA — $124,660 Bend, OR — $124,870 Visalia, CA — $124,940 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $125,150 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $125,320 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $125,420 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $125,960 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $126,580 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $127,250 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $127,340 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $127,390 Greeley, CO — $127,540 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $127,570 Fresno, CA — $127,830 Gettysburg, PA — $128,210 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $128,500 Yakima, WA — $128,770 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $129,690 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $130,040 Vineland, NJ — $130,140 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $131,050 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $131,160 Salem, OR — $131,940 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $132,100 Boulder, CO — $132,360 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $132,610 Bellingham, WA — $132,730 Reno, NV — $132,790 Bloomington, IL — $134,080 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $135,080 Redding, CA — $135,110 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $135,270 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $136,050 Modesto, CA — $136,920 Lexington Park, MD — $137,640 Fairbanks-College, AK — $137,880 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $140,400 Urban Honolulu, HI — $140,590 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $140,730 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $148,310 El Centro, CA — $149,290 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $149,460 Salinas, CA — $153,930 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $157,650 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $158,510 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $159,810 Anchorage, AK — $161,100 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $161,440 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $163,700 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $163,810 Napa, CA — $164,150 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $167,600 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $172,590 Vallejo, CA — $175,070 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $175,840 Boulder metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Boulder metro area has the 31st-highest published median for this occupation among the 362 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Colorado Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for first-line supervisors of police and detectives, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Boulder metro areathis page
$132,360 median for Boulder metro area; middle half earns $131,620 to $134,530
$131,050 median for Fort Collins metro area; middle half earns $125,500 to $146,600
$127,540 median for Greeley metro area; middle half earns $121,580 to $130,430
$127,250 median for Denver metro area; middle half earns $125,290 to $138,330
$122,420 median for Colorado Springs metro area; middle half earns $102,270 to $122,420
$121,670 median for Grand Junction metro area; middle half earns $119,730 to $147,400
$103,270 median for Pueblo metro area; middle half earns $93,880 to $122,470
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .