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Ann Arbor 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.
Ann Arbor Police Department starts at $61,182 a year — about $29.41 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $7,208 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $10,082 below the median for municipal agencies.
How big the department isAnn Arbor Police Department reported 117 sworn officers and 27 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 0.9 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 122,740.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 Ann Arbor says about itself
The Ann Arbor Police Department mission is to provide protection and service to all, with a vision to be a national model for earning trust within the community, safeguarding life and promoting public safety through community policing.
What Ann Arbor does
Ann Arbor Police Officers protect life and property, enforce laws and ordinances, prevent and investigate crime, apprehend violators and perform community-oriented police work.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. City of Ann Arbor Police Officer careers page — open the source document
Their source is effective 1 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 Ann Arbor 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. Ann Arbor starts at $61,182, so $10,105 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Ann Arbor Police Department officer make?
Ann Arbor Police Department starts a new officer on $61,182 a year, about $29.41 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 Ann Arbor Police Officer careers page.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Michigan?
It ranks #21 of 38 agencies we have verified in Michigan — 17 pay less, 20 pay more in the state — and #1,187 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $7,208 below, and against other municipal agencies $10,082 below.
Compare with another department
Put Ann Arbor 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 MI
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Ann | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Troy Police Department | Municipal | 110 | $78,224 | +$17,042 | #452 |
| 2 | Grand Rapids Police Department | Municipal | 299 | $77,467 | +$16,285 | #471 |
| 3 | Wyoming Police Department | Municipal | 97 | $75,400 | +$14,218 | #539 |
| 4 | Sumpter Township Police Department | Municipal | 18 | $71,732 | +$10,550 | #684 |
| 5 | Lincoln Charter Township Police Department | Municipal | — | $71,696 | +$10,514 | #686 |
| 6 | Macomb County Sheriff's Office | County | 274 | $71,098 | +$9,916 | #718 |
| 7 | Muskegon Police Department | Municipal | 70 | $69,888 | +$8,706 | #781 |
| 8 | Livonia Police Department | Municipal | 117 | $69,784 | +$8,602 | #783 |
| 9 | Dearborn Police Department | Municipal | 186 | $69,080 | +$7,898 | #810 |
| 10 | Plymouth Township Police Department | Municipal | 33 | $68,140 | +$6,958 | #852 |
| 11 | Oscoda Township Police Department | Municipal | 12 | $68,140 | +$6,958 | #853 |
| 12 | Northville Police Department | Municipal | 12 | $65,956 | +$4,774 | #969 |
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