Observed arrival · 2026-11-06
Police Pay Scales, department by department
A searchable reference to police and trooper starting and top-step base pay, with department rankings, state guides, and links to source schedules.
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- People comparing police and trooper pay by agency
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- The top-step ranking excludes longevity, overtime, and incentives; agency fiscal years vary, and some entries lack year data.
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The page combines a searchable agency directory with state guides and a ranking based on entry-rank top-step base pay. It reports median starting pay across 97 departments and median top-step pay across 78; the displayed ranking excludes longevity, overtime, and incentives. Fiscal-year labels vary by agency, and some entries show “Not in our data,” so the figures are not a same-year comparison.
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