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In addition to Cary’s unusual arrangement with its police chief that allows the use of a vehicle to travel to a home in Lincoln County, the town’s chief is also the second highest paid in the Triangle.
Cary Police Chief Terry Sult earns a salary of $250,016, second only to Raleigh’s police chief, Rico Boyce, who earns $256,150.
Raleigh’s population, almost 500,000, is about 2.7 times that of Cary.
Durham’s outgoing chief, Patrice Andrews, is paid an annual salary of $233,437. The city’s population is just over 300,000. She is retiring May 1.
Of course, population is not the only factor that determines the salary of a city or town’s police chief — cost of living, experience, staffing and budgets also contribute.
So what do the Chapel Hill police chief and the chiefs in other area towns earn?
We used recently obtained city and town employee salary data to find what other area police chiefs are paid.
This story was originally published April 30, 2026 at 7:00 AM with the headline "How much do Triangle police chiefs earn? Look up their salaries."
