Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers · SOC 33-3051
Police Officer Salary in the Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in the Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $79,320 per year ($38.13 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $60,420 at the 10th percentile to $105,830 at the 90th. BLS estimates 500 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in the Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area earn more than $79,320 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $74,140 and $96,830.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $60,420 | $74,140 | $79,320 | $96,830 | $105,830 |
| Hourly | $29.05 | $35.64 | $38.13 | $46.55 | $50.88 |
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
- Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$79,320 median for Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $74,140 to $96,830
- Coloradostate$97,350 median for Colorado; middle half earns $76,640 to $102,620
- United Statesnational$76,210 median for United States; middle half earns $59,290 to $97,600
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −19% vs Colorado overall and +4% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Colorado
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for police and sheriff's patrol officers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan areathis page$79,320 median for Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $74,140 to $96,830
- $101,970 median for Denver metro area; middle half earns $83,590 to $106,050
- $100,060 median for Boulder metro area; middle half earns $79,380 to $102,360
- $96,740 median for Fort Collins metro area; middle half earns $75,660 to $97,400
- $96,620 median for Greeley metro area; middle half earns $77,270 to $100,070
- $93,640 median for Grand Junction metro area; middle half earns $75,150 to $97,410
- $91,580 median for Colorado Springs metro area; middle half earns $73,470 to $97,620
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for police officers · Highest-paying occupations in Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area
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.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.