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Biloxi 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.
Biloxi Police Department starts at $48,300 a year — about $23.22 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $20,090 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $22,964 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS run about 10% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $53,663 would somewhere at average prices — $5,363 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 68 against a national average of 100, where goods are 96. 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 isBiloxi Police Department reported 122 sworn officers and 57 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.5 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 47,829.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.
About Biloxi
The Biloxi Police Department describes Patrol Officer work as routine patrol and investigative policing protecting life and property. Officers prevent and investigate crime, apprehend offenders, enforce laws and City ordinances, patrol by vehicle or on foot, exercise independent discretion during emergencies and may later be assigned as detectives, investigators or to other special assignments
Where the figure comes from
Checked 9 August 2026. City of Biloxi official Patrol Officer vacancy announcement and Police — open the source document
Vacancy posted 9 October 2025 under requisition 2026001 and current official salary page verified 9 August 2026; Patrol Officer 3rd Class entry salary $48,300 annually. Applicants need only standard entry qualifications including age 21 and high-school diploma/GED; lateral applicants have a separate experience-based process. Lateral pay and optional incentives 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 Biloxi 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. Biloxi starts at $48,300, so $22,987 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Biloxi Police Department officer make?
Biloxi Police Department starts a new officer on $48,300 a year, about $23.22 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 Biloxi official Patrol Officer vacancy announcement and Police.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Mississippi?
It ranks #6 of 8 agencies we have verified in Mississippi — 2 pay less, 5 pay more in the state — and #1,594 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $20,090 below, and against other municipal agencies $22,964 below.
Compare with another department
Put Biloxi 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 MS
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Biloxi | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southaven Police Department | Municipal | 150 | $61,982 | +$13,682 | #1,157 |
| 2 | Hattiesburg Police Department | Municipal | 92 | $55,000 | +$6,700 | #1,431 |
| 3 | Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol | State | 397 | $54,000 | +$5,700 | #1,469 |
| 4 | Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics | State | — | $54,000 | +$5,700 | #1,470 |
| 5 | Mississippi Department of Revenue - Alcoholic Beverage Control Bureau of Enforcement | State | — | $50,000 | +$1,700 | #1,567 |
| 7 | Mississippi Capitol Police | State | — | $46,700 | −$1,600 | #1,611 |
| 8 | Mississippi Department of Marine Resources - Marine Patrol | State | — | $45,000 | −$3,300 | #1,631 |
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