This study examines the mediating role of empathy in the indirect relationship between burnout and marital adjustment among married women working in law enforcement. A total of 211 participants, including 81 female private security officers, 98 female police officers, and 32 female military personnel, participated in the study. The socio-demographic information form, Marital Adjustment Scale, Interpersonal Reactivity Index, and Maslach Burnout Inventory were used. Burnout was addressed with components of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a reduced sense of personal accomplishment, while empathy was considered with components of empathic concern, perspective-taking, and personal distress. The findings indicated that the burnout levels of married women working in law enforcement negatively predicted their marital adjustment. The indirect relationships between burnout and marital adjustment varied according to the components of burnout and empathy. Specifically, an increase in emotional exhaustion and depersonalization was indirectly related to a decrease in marital adjustment through increased personal distress. Conversely, an increase in depersonalization and a reduced sense of personal accomplishment predicted a decrease in marital adjustment through weakened perspective-taking.