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What patrol officers make
Median
$76,210
Bottom tenth
$47,510
Top tenth
$115,120
The federal wage survey has no separate line for border agents, so these are the figures for police and sheriff's patrol officers as a whole: a 2025 median of $76,210 a year, with the bottom tenth earning $47,510 or less and the top tenth $115,120 or more. Border Patrol agents are federal employees paid on published federal pay tables instead, so check the current job posting for the real figures.