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Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

Maintain order, enforce laws and ordinances, and protect life and property in an assigned patrol district. Perform combination of following duties: patrol a specific area on foot or in a vehicle; direct traffic; issue traffic summonses; investigate accidents; apprehend and arrest suspects, or serve legal processes of courts.   (O'Net 33-3051.00)

 
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Police Patrol Officers
Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs
 
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    Locations May 2009  
    hourly rates annual rates
    Average Median Midrange Average Median Midrange
    Vermont $20.31   $19.71   $16.12 -
    $24.29  
    $ 42,250   $ 40,990   $ 33,520 -
    $ 50,520  
    Burlington-South Burlington MSA $23.26   $23.13   $20.30 -
    $26.03  
    $ 48,370   $ 48,110   $ 42,220 -
    $ 54,150  
    Southern Vermont Balance of State $18.04   $16.78   $14.11 -
    $20.50  
    $ 37,520   $ 34,910   $ 29,350 -
    $ 42,640  
    Northern Vermont Balance of State $20.11   $19.20   $16.24 -
    $23.49  
    $ 41,830   $ 39,930   $ 33,770 -
    $ 48,850  
    source: Occupational Employment Statistics, Vermont Labor Market Information, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, released June 2010.
     


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    Location Employment Annual % change
    (compounded)
    Annual job openings
    (due to growth and
    net replacements)
    2008 2018
    Vermont 1,340 1,416 0.6% 43
    source: Employment Projections, Vermont Economic & Labor Market Information, in cooperation with U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, released August 2010.
     


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    Industry Vermont
    2008
    Employment
    Percent
    of Total
    Local Government, Excluding Education and Hospitals 891 67%
    State Government, Excluding Education and Hospitals 322 25%
    source: Employment Projections, Vermont Economic & Labor Market Information, in cooperation with U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, released August 2010.
     


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