SALARY · POLICE AND SHERIFF'S PATROL OFFICERS · ALABAMA

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary in Alabama

Salary talk gets noisy fast, so I try to keep it plain. In Alabama, police and sheriff's patrol officers earned a median of $51,270 a year. From there, this page walks through the range, the hourly rate, how many people do the job here, and what stays in your pocket after federal tax and FICA.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$51,270

$25 per hour at the median · That is $24,940 (32.7 percent) below the national median of $76,210 for this occupation.

$55,130Mean annual salary
$27Mean hourly wage
$11,710People employed in this job in Alabama

Salary range

25th: $44,260Median: $51,27075th: $63,090
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$44,260
Median (50th percentile)$51,270
75th percentile$63,090
Mean$55,130

The middle half of workers earned from $44,260 to $63,090 a year. Employment size matters too. A field with many workers in a state usually means more openings and more room to move employers without moving states. A small field can pay well but offer fewer ways in.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$41,251 a year
$3,438 a month
Federal tax $3,972 · FICA $3,922 · State tax $2,125

Caveat: the Alabama 2026 Form 40 return instruction booklet was not retrieved as a single document. Brackets, standard deduction table and federal tax deduction rest on the 2026 Form 40ES worksheet and statute.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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