SALARY · POLICE AND SHERIFF'S PATROL OFFICERS · OKLAHOMA

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary in Oklahoma

If Oklahoma is on your shortlist, start here. The median annual pay for police and sheriff's patrol officers was $59,700. That one figure will not decide a move on its own, but it sets the range for everything else, from housing to how much you can save.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$59,700

$29 per hour at the median · That is $16,510 (21.7 percent) below the national median of $76,210 for this occupation.

$63,120Mean annual salary
$30Mean hourly wage
$9,660People employed in this job in Oklahoma

Salary range

25th: $45,250Median: $59,70075th: $78,580
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$45,250
Median (50th percentile)$59,700
75th percentile$78,580
Mean$63,120

The middle half of workers earned from $45,250 to $78,580 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$48,008 a year
$4,001 a month
Federal tax $4,984 · FICA $4,567 · State tax $2,141

Caveat: the Oklahoma packet tax tables give $1 higher than bracket arithmetic at both test incomes ($1,706 and $3,956). This build uses bracket arithmetic, as in the other verified states.

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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