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Beaverton 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.
Beaverton Police Department starts at $80,226 a year — about $38.57 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $11,836 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $8,961 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA run about 5% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $76,100 somewhere at average prices — $4,125 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 125 against a national average of 100, 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 isBeaverton Police Department reported 133 sworn officers and 37 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.4 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 98,494.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 Beaverton says about itself
The Beaverton Police Department will provide a safe city, serving community members with compassion and respect. We are fully invested in leading our profession with integrity, building and retaining a highly trained, well equipped, progressive, motivated and cohesive team.
What Beaverton does
Beaverton says its Police Department works hand in hand with the community to ensure a safe environment for all and serves community members with compassion and respect through proactive crime prevention, law enforcement, and community engagement. Officers patrol to deter crime, enforce laws, respond to emergencies, investigate incidents, gather evidence, issue citations, and make arrests when appropriate
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. City of Beaverton official Police Officers - Entry — open the source document
Official City recruitment is expressly for Entry Level and Lateral Police Officers and lists the range beginning at $38.57/hour = $80,225.60 annually. The minimum entry rate is used; lateral placement and add-on compensation are excluded
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 Beaverton 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. Beaverton starts at $80,226, so $8,939 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Beaverton Police Department officer make?
Beaverton Police Department starts a new officer on $80,226 a year, about $38.57 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 Beaverton official Police Officers - Entry.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Oregon?
It ranks #14 of 46 agencies we have verified in Oregon — 32 pay less, 13 pay more in the state — and #406 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $11,836 above, and against other municipal agencies $8,961 above.
Compare with another department
Put Beaverton 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 OR
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Beaverton | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tigard Police Department | Municipal | 71 | $86,596 | +$6,371 | #271 |
| 2 | Bend Police Department | Municipal | 107 | $86,432 | +$6,206 | #273 |
| 3 | Washington County Sheriff's Office | County | 219 | $85,738 | +$5,512 | #280 |
| 4 | Gresham Police Department | Municipal | 123 | $84,968 | +$4,742 | #292 |
| 5 | Portland Police Bureau | Municipal | 809 | $84,000 | +$3,774 | #308 |
| 6 | Hillsboro Police Department | Municipal | 144 | $83,988 | +$3,762 | #311 |
| 7 | Corvallis Police Department | Municipal | 67 | $82,747 | +$2,521 | #337 |
| 8 | Lane County Sheriff's Office | County | 75 | $82,181 | +$1,955 | #344 |
| 9 | Multnomah County Sheriff's Office | County | 132 | $82,035 | +$1,810 | #348 |
| 10 | Tualatin Police Department | Municipal | 38 | $81,973 | +$1,747 | #349 |
| 11 | Oregon City Police Department | Municipal | 38 | $81,564 | +$1,338 | #359 |
| 12 | Salem Police Department | Municipal | 185 | $81,349 | +$1,123 | #366 |
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