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Boca Raton Police Services 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.
Boca Raton Police Services Department starts at $86,674 a year — about $41.67 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $18,284 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $15,409 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL run about 14% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $75,926 somewhere at average prices — $10,747 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 156 against a national average of 100, where goods are 104. 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 isBoca Raton Police Services Department reported 195 sworn officers and 111 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.9 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 103,261.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 Boca Raton says about itself
The Boca Raton Police Services Department has established a formal structure, through which organizational components are arranged, defined, directed, and coordinated for line and staff functions. Under the direction of the Chief of Police, the Department is divided into 2 major components: The Community Services Division and the Field Services Division.
What Boca Raton does
Boca Raton Police Officer candidates enter a full-service municipal law-enforcement agency responsible for patrol, emergency response, crime prevention, investigations, traffic enforcement, arrests, reports and community service. The City's recruitment accepts both certified and non-certified applicants through the Police Services Department hiring process
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. City of Boca Raton official 2026 Police Officer Candidate (Certified and Non-Certified) — open the source document
Opened 16 June 2026; continuous; official rate $41.67/hour = $86,673.60 at 2,080 hours. The recruitment expressly accepts non-certified candidates. Bonuses, overtime, differentials and experience-based placement 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 Boca Raton 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. Boca Raton starts at $86,674, so $15,387 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Boca Raton Police Services Department officer make?
Boca Raton Police Services Department starts a new officer on $86,674 a year, about $41.67 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 Boca Raton official 2026 Police Officer Candidate (Certified and Non-Certified).
Is that good pay for a police officer in Florida?
It ranks #1 of 141 agencies we have verified in Florida — the highest in the state in the state — and #270 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $18,284 above, and against other municipal agencies $15,409 above.
Compare with another department
Put Boca Raton Police Services 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 Boca | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Fort Lauderdale Police Department | Municipal | 565 | $81,723 | −$4,950 | #354 |
| 3 | Plantation Police Department | Municipal | 164 | $81,000 | −$5,674 | #379 |
| 4 | Pinecrest Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $80,912 | −$5,762 | #383 |
| 5 | Sunny Isles Beach Police Department | Municipal | 65 | $80,000 | −$6,674 | #411 |
| 6 | Aventura Police Department | Municipal | 91 | $78,556 | −$8,118 | #441 |
| 7 | Coral Springs Police Department | Municipal | 222 | $77,516 | −$9,158 | #470 |
| 8 | Boynton Beach Police Department | Municipal | 173 | $76,650 | −$10,024 | #490 |
| 9 | North Palm Beach Police Department | Municipal | 37 | $76,378 | −$10,296 | #497 |
| 10 | Naples Police Department | Municipal | 74 | $76,320 | −$10,354 | #501 |
| 11 | West Palm Beach Police Department | Municipal | 295 | $75,921 | −$10,753 | #524 |
| 12 | Bay Harbor Islands Police Department | Municipal | 24 | $75,836 | −$10,838 | #528 |
| 13 | Sarasota County Sheriff's Office | County | 490 | $75,457 | −$11,217 | #537 |
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