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Alaska State Troopers 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.
Alaska State Troopers starts at $97,365 a year — about $46.81 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $28,975 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $32,367 above the median for state agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Alaska run about 2% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $95,121 somewhere at average prices — $2,244 less than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: utilities at 119, where goods are 106. 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.
How big the department isAlaska State Troopers reported 363 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025.No rate is shown: this agency does not police a single population the FBI publishes a figure for. Reporting to the FBI is voluntary, so a count can reflect a partial return as easily as a small agency, and the FBI asks that agencies not be compared on staffing. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Full-time Law Enforcement Employees, 2025.
What Alaska State Troopers says about itself
The mission of the Alaska State Troopers is to preserve the peace, enforce the law, prevent and detect crime, and protect life and property.
What Alaska State Troopers does
The Alaska State Troopers are the state's police agency, handling more than 135,000 calls for service a year across five geographic detachments. Troopers police everything from road-system communities to remote villages reachable only by boat or aircraft, and the division also runs major-crime investigation, search and rescue, and court and prisoner security.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. Alaska State Troopers Recruitment — Pay and Benefits — open the source document
$97,364.80.
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 Alaska State Troopers 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. Alaska State Troopers starts at $97,365, so $32,367 above the state middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Alaska State Troopers officer make?
Alaska State Troopers starts a new officer on $97,365 a year, about $46.81 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 Alaska State Troopers Recruitment — Pay and Benefits.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Alaska?
It ranks #1 of 11 agencies we have verified in Alaska — the highest in the state in the state — and #121 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $28,975 above, and against other state agencies $32,367 above.
Compare with another department
Put Alaska State Troopers 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 AK
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Alaska | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | North Slope Borough Police Department | County | 47 | $94,120 | −$3,245 | #153 |
| 3 | Anchorage Police Department | Municipal | 369 | $85,405 | −$11,960 | #284 |
| 4 | Juneau Police Department | Municipal | 41 | $84,490 | −$12,875 | #299 |
| 5 | Wasilla Police Department | Municipal | 29 | $80,558 | −$16,806 | #392 |
| 6 | Ketchikan Police Department | Municipal | 21 | $79,726 | −$17,638 | #415 |
| 7 | Kenai Police Department | Municipal | 17 | $79,414 | −$17,950 | #422 |
| 8 | Petersburg Borough Police Department | Municipal | — | $71,406 | −$25,958 | #701 |
| 9 | Bristol Bay Borough Police Department | County | 4 | $68,390 | −$28,975 | #841 |
| 10 | Haines Borough Police Department | Municipal | — | $66,768 | −$30,597 | #930 |
| 11 | Palmer Police Department | Municipal | 17 | $60,840 | −$36,525 | #1,202 |
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