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Brownstown 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.
Brownstown Police Department starts at $55,000 a year — about $26.44 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $13,390 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $16,264 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Indiana run about 7% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $58,931 would somewhere at average prices — $3,931 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 74 against a national average of 100, where goods are 96. 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.
What Brownstown says about itself
The Brownstown Police Department provides 24 hours protection to the 2947 citizens of Brownstown. The Police Department employs 8 full time officers, our department responds to request of citizens for information and coordinates activities with community organizations.
What Brownstown does
Brownstown Police Department polices the seat of Jackson County in southern Indiana, a town of around 3,000, providing 24-hour cover with a handful of full-time officers from West Walnut Street. Alongside enforcing state criminal and traffic law and town ordinances, the department responds to residents' requests for information, coordinates with community organisations and works with school administrators in support of safer schools; its officers include a detective and D.A.R.E. instructors serving the town's schools. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office and an Indiana State Police presence are also based in the county.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. Employer recruitment notice. Published via the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy job board. — open the source document
The source page does not state an effective date.
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 Brownstown 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. Brownstown starts at $55,000, so $16,287 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Brownstown Police Department officer make?
Brownstown Police Department starts a new officer on $55,000 a year, about $26.44 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 recruitment notice. Published via the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy job board..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Indiana?
It ranks #34 of 39 agencies we have verified in Indiana — 5 pay less, 33 pay more in the state — and #1,430 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $13,390 below, and against other municipal agencies $16,264 below.
Compare with another department
Put Brownstown 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 IN
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Brownstown | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bloomington Police Department | Municipal | 95 | $81,234 | +$26,234 | #372 |
| 2 | MSD Wayne Township School Police Department | Special jurisdiction | — | $77,700 | +$22,700 | #464 |
| 3 | Columbus Police Department | Municipal | 88 | $74,984 | +$19,984 | #562 |
| 4 | Fishers Police Department | Municipal | 124 | $74,560 | +$19,560 | #575 |
| 5 | Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department | Municipal | — | $74,459 | +$19,459 | #581 |
| 6 | Lafayette Police Department | Municipal | 142 | $72,539 | +$17,539 | #646 |
| 7 | West Lafayette Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $72,391 | +$17,391 | #649 |
| 8 | Purdue University Police Department | Special jurisdiction | — | $72,137 | +$17,137 | #659 |
| 9 | Carmel Police Department | Municipal | 147 | $72,000 | +$17,000 | #667 |
| 10 | Indiana State Police | State | 1,171 | $70,000 | +$15,000 | #769 |
| 11 | Indiana Gaming Commission — Enforcement Division | State | — | $70,000 | +$15,000 | #770 |
| 12 | Hamilton County Sheriff's Office | County | 62 | $70,000 | +$15,000 | #775 |
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