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What patrol officers make
Typical
$76,210
Starting out
$47,510
Top tenth
$115,120
The federal wage survey groups state troopers with all Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers, where the national median is $76,210 a year and the top tenth reach $115,120. State police agencies usually pay at or above that median, because they recruit statewide and run their own long academy.