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Ardmore 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.
Ardmore Police Department starts at $45,178 a year — about $21.72 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $23,212 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $26,087 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Oklahoma run about 12% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $51,430 would somewhere at average prices — $6,252 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 63 against a national average of 100, where goods are 94. 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 isArdmore Police Department reported 45 sworn officers and 5 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.8 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 25,148.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 Ardmore says about itself
The Ardmore Police Department is committed to providing professional police services through community cooperation, creating realistic solutions to problems, maintaining respect for individuals' rights and enhancing the quality of life for the community.
What Ardmore does
Ardmore Police Officers perform patrol, investigation, traffic regulation, and related activities protecting life and property through enforcement of laws and ordinances. Officers enforce municipal, state and federal law, investigate offenses, make arrests, issue citations and testify in court.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. employer-controlled NEOGOV Police Officer posting — open the source document
Their source is effective 17 February 2022.
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 Ardmore 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. Ardmore starts at $45,178, so $26,109 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Ardmore Police Department officer make?
Ardmore Police Department starts a new officer on $45,178 a year, about $21.72 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 employer-controlled NEOGOV Police Officer posting.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Oklahoma?
It ranks #11 of 12 agencies we have verified in Oklahoma — 1 pay less, 10 pay more in the state — and #1,627 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $23,212 below, and against other municipal agencies $26,087 below.
Compare with another department
Put Ardmore 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 OK
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Ardmore | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Broken Arrow Police Department | Municipal | 168 | $72,004 | +$26,827 | #666 |
| 2 | Moore Police Department | Municipal | 107 | $70,796 | +$25,618 | #737 |
| 3 | Edmond Police Department | Municipal | 126 | $68,481 | +$23,303 | #837 |
| 4 | Oklahoma Highway Patrol | State | 789 | $67,900 | +$22,722 | #868 |
| 5 | Yukon Police Department | Municipal | 53 | $63,058 | +$17,880 | #1,108 |
| 6 | Tulsa County Sheriff's Office | County | 223 | $60,000 | +$14,822 | #1,246 |
| 7 | Enid Police Department | Municipal | 96 | $56,243 | +$11,066 | #1,391 |
| 8 | Lawton Police Department | Municipal | 167 | $56,118 | +$10,941 | #1,394 |
| 9 | Coweta Police Department | Municipal | 17 | $49,271 | +$4,093 | #1,582 |
| 10 | Oklahoma City Police Department | Municipal | 1,108 | $47,460 | +$2,283 | #1,605 |
| 12 | Tulsa Community College Police Department | Special jurisdiction | 28 | $44,886 | −$291 | #1,635 |
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