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Anacortes 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.
Anacortes Police Department starts at $81,891 a year — about $39.37 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $15,206 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $13,751 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA run about 2% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $79,938 somewhere at average prices — $1,953 less than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: rent at 108, where goods are 105. Based on price levels for this metropolitan 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 isAnacortes Police Department reported 31 sworn officers and 7 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.7 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 18,266.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 Anacortes says about itself
Our mission is to contribute to the overall improvement of the quality of life in the City of Anacortes, through reducing danger from criminal activity and improving community well being, by identifying those who are most in need of our help and providing assistance, and by working in partnership with members of the community to achieve our common goals. The dedicated members of your police department work hard to ensure that we maintain a high quality of life and enjoy a safe community; we also recognize that we need the confidence and trust of the people we serve. The Anacortes Police Department is an accredited agency through the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, adhering and accountable to 137 professional standards.
What Anacortes does
Anacortes Police Officers protect life and property, preserve public peace, prevent and investigate crime, enforce laws, respond to calls and serve the community
Where the figure comes from
Checked 9 August 2026. City of Anacortes official Police Officer (Entry Level) — open the source document
Continuous official entry-level recruitment verified 9 August 2026; Police Officer minimum $81,891.15 annually. No prior commissioned experience is required; academy and state certification are completed as part of entry into service
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.
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How this level compares
Where Anacortes 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. Anacortes starts at $81,891, so $13,751 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Anacortes Police Department officer make?
Anacortes Police Department starts a new officer on $81,891 a year, about $39.37 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 Anacortes official Police Officer (Entry Level).
Is that good pay for a police officer in Washington?
It ranks #62 of 92 agencies we have verified in Washington — 30 pay less, 61 pay more in the state — and #431 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $15,206 above, and against other municipal agencies $13,751 above.
Compare with another department
Put Anacortes 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 WA
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Anacortes | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle Police Department | Municipal | 1,064 | $117,792 | +$35,901 | #38 |
| 2 | Redmond Police Department | Municipal | 81 | $110,435 | +$28,544 | #59 |
| 3 | Auburn Police Department | Municipal | 120 | $108,386 | +$26,495 | #68 |
| 4 | Lynnwood Police Department | Municipal | 71 | $106,371 | +$24,480 | #81 |
| 5 | Everett Police Department | Municipal | 207 | $102,516 | +$20,625 | #106 |
| 6 | Vancouver Police Department | Municipal | 226 | $101,832 | +$19,941 | #110 |
| 7 | Kirkland Police Department | Municipal | 108 | $101,218 | +$19,326 | #118 |
| 8 | Tukwila Police Department | Municipal | 76 | $101,064 | +$19,173 | #120 |
| 9 | Bothell Police Department | Municipal | 70 | $101,055 | +$19,163 | #121 |
| 10 | Mount Vernon Police Department | Municipal | 43 | $100,836 | +$18,945 | #125 |
| 11 | Kennewick Police Department | Municipal | 107 | $100,104 | +$18,213 | #128 |
| 12 | Edmonds Police Department | Municipal | 48 | $99,168 | +$17,277 | #140 |
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