SALARY · POLICE AND SHERIFF'S PATROL OFFICERS · WEST VIRGINIA

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary in West Virginia

Before you accept an offer, it helps to know what typical pay looks like where the job actually sits. For police and sheriff's patrol officers in West Virginia, BLS put the median at $56,960 a year. The percentiles below show what the lower and upper parts of the field looked like.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$56,960

$27 per hour at the median · That is $19,250 (25.3 percent) below the national median of $76,210 for this occupation.

$55,900Mean annual salary

$27Mean hourly wage

$2,900People employed in this job in West Virginia

Salary range

25th: $48,950Median: $56,96075th: $61,330

Measure	Annual
25th percentile	$48,950
Median (50th percentile)	$56,960
75th percentile	$61,330
Mean	$55,900

The middle half of workers earned from $48,950 to $61,330 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 PAY BEFORE STATE TAX

$47,947 a year

$3,996 a month

Federal tax $4,655 · FICA $4,357

State tax is not in this figure. State tax for West Virginia is not included, because the full 2026 state table for West Virginia has not been verified in this build. Treat this figure as before state tax, not as a final take-home figure.

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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