Career paths / Police Officer
The Police Officer’s road to $100K
0median years to cross $100K — from real careers
- Whole-market median (Job Bank, 2025)
- $98,573
- $100K+ cohort median (2025)
- $138,741
- Top of the track (90th pct)
- $170,608
- On the Sunshine List
- 5,289
Two different populations, on purpose: the market median covers everyone in the occupation (hourly rates annualized at 37.5h/week); the cohort median covers only those already past $100K. The distance between them is the climb.
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Median disclosed Police Officer salary, every year since the track first appeared on the list.
Who pays police officers most
- 1Nishnawbe Aski Police Services$154,688n=159
- 2Regional Municipality Of Peel Police Services$147,279n=1648
- 3Treaty Three Police Services Board Inc$145,417n=30
- 4City of Kingston - Police Services Board$140,227n=144
- 5City of Ottawa - Police Services$138,660n=948
- 6Regional Municipality of Niagara - Niagara Reg. Police$137,824n=380