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Aventura 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.
Aventura Police Department starts at $78,556 a year — about $37.77 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $11,871 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $10,416 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Florida run about 3% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $75,962 somewhere at average prices — $2,593 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 122 against a national average of 100, where goods are 98. 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 isAventura Police Department reported 91 sworn officers and 34 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.2 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 40,657.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 Aventura says about itself
The mission of the Aventura Police Department is to protect and serve the citizens of Aventura with courage, leadership, and professionalism. The Aventura Police Department endeavors to be the benchmark of excellence for public safety by strengthening community partnerships, embracing innovation and technology, and investing in future leaders.
What Aventura does
Aventura Certified Police Officers perform patrol, preliminary investigations, traffic enforcement, criminal-law enforcement and arrests, with assignments including road patrol, detectives, traffic, training, street crimes and marine patrol
Where the figure comes from
Checked 30 August 2026. City of Aventura official Certified Police Officer class — open the source document
Current class specification revised 6 October 2025 and active City recruitment verified in 2026. Non-certified trainees are promoted to Certified Police Officer after academy and State exam; certified Police Officer minimum is $78,555.81 annually. Non-sworn trainee pay excluded RE-WORKED 13 SEPTEMBER 2026, FIGURE CONFIRMED AT THE BAND FLOOR, FLAG STANDS. The City's current recruitment states 'Immediate openings for Certified and Non-Certified Police Officers at Aventura Police Department! Salary range: $78,555-$127,440/yr', which puts the stored $78,555.81 exactly at the floor of the published band. AVENTURA BREAKS THE PATTERN THAT HAS DECIDED SIX OTHER ROWS THIS SESSION, AND THAT MAKES IT SIMPLER RATHER THAN HARDER: Palm Bay, Sanford, St. Cloud, Jupiter, Altamonte Springs and Panama City each run a separate lower-paid trainee or cadet class alongside the officer class, and each needed the two told apart. Aventura advertises CERTIFIED AND NON-CERTIFIED OFFICERS IN ONE POSTING AT ONE RANGE - non-certified trainees must simply complete the academy and the State of Florida exam - so there is no lower class to confuse with the entry rate and $78,555.81 is the day-one figure on either route. Excluded as always: the $1,000 full-time referral incentive, up to $2,000 recruit reimbursement for recent Florida academy graduates, up to $1,000 for out-of-state candidates completing Equivalency of Training, the $2,000 relocation incentive, and assignment incentives for FTO, Detectives, K-9, SWAT, Traffic, SRO and Marine Patrol. WORTH CHECKING ON THE NEXT SWORN-COUNT PASS, NOT ACTED ON HERE: the department's own page at cityofaventura.com/240/Police states it has grown to 84 full-time police officers, while our sworn index carries 91. Different years would explain it, and the sworn figure comes from federal data rather than from this row, so nothing is changed on the strength of a page that gives no date - but the department's own count is recorded here so the gap is not rediscovered.
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 Aventura 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. Aventura starts at $78,556, so $10,416 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Aventura Police Department officer make?
Aventura Police Department starts a new officer on $78,556 a year, about $37.77 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 Aventura official Certified Police Officer class.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Florida?
It ranks #10 of 303 agencies we have verified in Florida — 293 pay less, 9 pay more in the state — and #536 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $11,871 above, and against other municipal agencies $10,416 above.
Compare with another department
Put Aventura 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 FL
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Aventura | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boca Raton Police Services Department | Municipal | 195 | $91,007 | +$12,451 | #244 |
| 2 | Fort Lauderdale Police Department | Municipal | 565 | $81,723 | +$3,167 | #433 |
| 3 | Plantation Police Department | Municipal | 164 | $81,000 | +$2,444 | #459 |
| 4 | Hillsboro Beach Police Department | Municipal | 15 | $80,954 | +$2,398 | #461 |
| 5 | Pinecrest Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $80,912 | +$2,356 | #464 |
| 6 | Sunny Isles Beach Police Department | Municipal | 65 | $80,000 | +$1,444 | #496 |
| 7 | Indian Creek Village Public Safety Department | Municipal | 10 | $79,850 | +$1,294 | #500 |
| 8 | Sunrise Police Department | Municipal | 190 | $79,071 | +$515 | #520 |
| 9 | Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office | County | 1,720 | $78,828 | +$272 | #526 |
| 11 | Longboat Key Police Department | Municipal | 19 | $78,430 | −$126 | #543 |
| 12 | Manalapan Police Department | Municipal | 13 | $78,280 | −$276 | #549 |
| 13 | Coral Springs Police Department | Municipal | 222 | $77,516 | −$1,040 | #572 |
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