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Abington Township Police Department entry pay
What this agency pays a new officer to start, and how that compares with the rest of the country.
Entry pay onlyEvery salary here is what an officer is paid on day one, out of the academy — base pay on a 40-hour week, with no overtime, shift differential, specialty or education pay counted. Nobody stays on it.
Abington Township Police Department starts at $103,421 a year — about $49.72 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $35,031 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $32,157 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Pennsylvania run about 2% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $105,995 would somewhere at average prices — $2,574 more than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: rent at 85, where goods are 99. Based on state-wide price levels, because this agency is not tied to a single metro area, from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2024. The salary above is what the employer publishes; this line is our arithmetic on it, and nothing on this site is ranked on it.
What Abington Township says about itself
The mission of the members of the Abington Township Police Department is to protect the rights, safety, and property of all persons within Abington Township and to otherwise provide professional service to all who come within our care and jurisdiction.
What Abington Township does
Abington Township Police Department is a state and internationally accredited law enforcement agency serving Abington Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, from Old York Road. It runs its own recruit pipeline - a twenty-one week police academy followed by twelve weeks of field training - and opens specialised units and investigator posts to officers after three years' service.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 18 August 2026. Abington Township — Entry Level Police Exam FAQ, Police Department Employment pages — open the source document
Their source is effective 1 January 2027.
Entry-level base salary only. Overtime, bonuses, education incentives, shift
differentials, locality pay and lateral rates are excluded, so most officers earn more
than this.
How this level compares
Where Abington Township sits is partly about the agency and partly about which level of policing it belongs to. The three levels do not pay the same.
| Level | Lowest | Median | Highest | Agencies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal | $35,006 | $71,287 | $163,619 | 1046 |
| County | $36,492 | $65,374 | $132,263 | 416 |
| Special jurisdiction | $31,200 | $60,195 | $107,954 | 69 |
| State | $33,994 | $64,998 | $102,692 | 143 |
| Federal | $70,477 | $73,502 | $86,530 | 5 |
| Territory | $16,640 | $28,236 | $43,354 | 9 |
Federal agencies pay the most to start
The middle federal agency starts at $73,502 — about $2,200 more than the middle municipal agency and about $8,100 more than the middle county agency and about $13,300 more than the middle special jurisdiction agency and about $8,500 more than the middle state agency and about $45,300 more than the middle territory agency. Abington Township starts at $103,421, so $32,134 above the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Abington Township Police Department officer make?
Abington Township Police Department starts a new officer on $103,421 a year, about $49.72 an hour on a 2,080-hour year. That is base salary before overtime, bonuses, education incentives, shift differentials and locality pay, so most serving officers earn more. The figure comes from Abington Township — Entry Level Police Exam FAQ, Police Department Employment pages.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Pennsylvania?
It ranks #1 of 23 agencies we have verified in Pennsylvania — the highest in the state in the state — and #71 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $35,031 above, and against other municipal agencies $32,157 above.
Compare with another department
Put Abington Township Police Department side by side with any other agency on the site — the two salaries, what each is worth once local prices are counted, and which comes out ahead.
The agencies either side of it
Other agencies in PA
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Abington | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Lower Merion Township Police Department | Municipal | 118 | $90,162 | −$13,259 | #212 |
| 3 | Pennsylvania State Police | State | 4,634 | $73,087 | −$30,334 | #624 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Police Department | Municipal | 5,065 | $72,651 | −$30,770 | #643 |
| 5 | Allentown Police Department | Municipal | 215 | $72,607 | −$30,814 | #645 |
| 6 | Manheim Township Police Department | Municipal | 63 | $72,334 | −$31,087 | #651 |
| 7 | Pittsburgh Bureau of Police | Municipal | — | $68,952 | −$34,469 | #817 |
| 8 | Gettysburg Borough Police Department | Municipal | — | $63,232 | −$40,189 | #1,101 |
| 9 | Northampton County Sheriff's Department | County | 59 | $60,606 | −$42,815 | #1,209 |
| 10 | York County Sheriff's Office | County | 107 | $58,344 | −$45,077 | #1,303 |
| 11 | Harrisburg Bureau of Police | Municipal | — | $58,100 | −$45,321 | #1,316 |
| 12 | Lancaster County Sheriff's Office | County | 55 | $57,803 | −$45,618 | #1,338 |
| 13 | Chester County Sheriff's Office | County | 59 | $57,720 | −$45,701 | #1,344 |
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