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Alpharetta 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.
Alpharetta Police Department starts at $61,100 a year — about $29.38 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $5,585 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $7,040 below the median for municipal agencies.
How big the department isAlpharetta Police Department reported 105 sworn officers and 54 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.6 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 67,702.A rate is only meaningful for a city department, where the population served is the city’s own. 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 Alpharetta says about itself
Our primary responsibility may be law enforcement, but our approach and philosophy are based on the fundamental mission of enhancing the quality of life of everyone who lives, works, and plays in Alpharetta.
What Alpharetta does
Alpharetta describes Police Officers as protecting public health, safety and welfare, enforcing applicable federal, state and local laws, providing traffic enforcement and control, and carrying out special police assignments.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. City of Alpharetta Police Officer posting — open the source document
Their source is effective 22 January 2026.
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 Alpharetta 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 | $33,280 | $68,140 | $163,619 | 1549 |
| County | $35,000 | $63,565 | $132,263 | 516 |
| Special jurisdiction | $31,200 | $60,204 | $107,954 | 71 |
| State | $33,994 | $65,166 | $110,916 | 145 |
| 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 $5,400 more than the middle municipal agency and about $9,900 more than the middle county agency and about $13,300 more than the middle special jurisdiction agency and about $8,300 more than the middle state agency and about $45,300 more than the middle territory agency. Alpharetta starts at $61,100, so $7,040 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Alpharetta Police Department officer make?
Alpharetta Police Department starts a new officer on $61,100 a year, about $29.38 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 City of Alpharetta Police Officer posting.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Georgia?
It ranks #12 of 80 agencies we have verified in Georgia — 68 pay less, 11 pay more in the state — and #1,495 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $5,585 below, and against other municipal agencies $7,040 below.
Compare with another department
Put Alpharetta 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 GA
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Alpharetta | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chamblee Police Department | Municipal | 68 | $73,733 | +$12,633 | #729 |
| 2 | Sandy Springs Police Department | Municipal | 149 | $71,686 | +$10,586 | #836 |
| 3 | Georgia Bureau of Investigation | State | 338 | $64,977 | +$3,877 | #1,265 |
| 4 | Duluth Police Department | Municipal | 57 | $64,755 | +$3,655 | #1,279 |
| 5 | Garden City Police Department | Municipal | 35 | $64,072 | +$2,972 | #1,314 |
| 6 | Georgia State Patrol | State | — | $63,684 | +$2,584 | #1,336 |
| 7 | South Fulton Police Department | Municipal | 213 | $63,440 | +$2,340 | #1,354 |
| 8 | Hall County Sheriff's Office | County | 283 | $63,365 | +$2,265 | #1,359 |
| 9 | Roswell Police Department | Municipal | 154 | $62,462 | +$1,362 | #1,413 |
| 10 | Dunwoody Police Department | Municipal | 66 | $62,301 | +$1,201 | #1,428 |
| 11 | Savannah Police Department | Municipal | 425 | $61,989 | +$889 | #1,450 |
| 13 | DeKalb County Police Department | County | 525 | $61,000 | −$100 | #1,504 |
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