Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers Salary in Alaska

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Alaska earn a median $99,130 a year, +30% against the national median of $76,210; they and rank 4th of 51 states by median. Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers earn 63% more than the median across all occupations in Alaska ($61,000). Alaska employs 1,260 police and sheriff's patrol officers, 3.88 per 1,000 jobs, the 50th largest count of any state. A location quotient of 0.90 is close to the national share.

Alaska vs the United States, May 2025

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers: wage percentiles, mean, employment, jobs per 1,000 and location quotient in Alaska and nationally, May 2025
AreaBasisPercentile wageMeanEmploymentJobs per 1,000Location quotient
10th25thMedian75th90th
AlaskaHourly$29.17$37.89$47.66$60.81$66.03$48.931,2603.880.90
Annual$60,670$78,810$99,130$126,480$137,340$101,770
United StatesHourly$22.84$28.50$36.64$46.93$55.35$38.08670,520––
Annual$47,510$59,290$76,210$97,600$115,120$79,200
$0$50k$100k$150k10th10th: $60,670$60,67025th25th: $78,810$78,810MedianMedian: $99,130$99,13075th75th: $126,480$126,48090th90th: $137,340$137,340US median
Alaska annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.
Rank by median
4th of 51 states
Rank by employment
50th of 51 states
Location quotient
0.90
Jobs per 1,000
3.88

Ranks count the 50 states and DC with a published value. The location quotient is the occupation's share of Alaska's employment divided by its national share; 1.00 means the same share as the nation. Take-home pay at these wages: FastCalc's take-home pay calculator.

Metropolitan areas in Alaska

2 metropolitan areas and 1 nonmetropolitan area touching Alaska publish a row for police and sheriff's patrol officers, sorted by median. Areas crossing a state line are listed under every state they touch; a linked metro has its own profile.

AreaMedian hourlyMedian annual10th pct (annual)90th pct (annual)EmploymentJobs per 1,000Location quotient
Anchorage, AK$55.30$115,020$80,240$132,3705703.230.75
Fairbanks-College, AK$50.66$105,370$78,500$146,7601102.890.67
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$40.52$84,280$45,910$137,3205905.381.25

See the national page for Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (every state ranked) and the Alaska wage profile (every occupation in the state).

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Alaska estimates.

  • Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
  • Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.