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Bryant 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.
Bryant Police Department starts at $47,440 a year — about $22.81 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $19,245 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $20,700 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Arkansas run about 13% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $54,568 would somewhere at average prices — $7,128 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 58 against a national average of 100, where goods are 94. 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 isBryant Police Department reported 49 sworn officers and 7 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.2 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 22,665.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 Bryant says about itself
The mission of the Bryant Police Department is to work in harmony with all citizens of the community to create a safe and secure environment and to improve the quality of life for our residents with an emphasis on equality, fairness, integrity and professionalism.
What Bryant does
The Bryant Police Department is the municipal force for the City of Bryant in Saline County, south-west of Little Rock. The City says its officers patrol around the clock and that the department has a Professional Standards Unit reviewing every complaint.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 25 September 2026. City of Bryant, Human Resources, Police Officer job description: "Starting annual salary is $45,615.52 for non-certified & $47,440.14 for certified." — open the source document
Both rates are printed and this is the certified one, used as printed; the $45,615.52 non-certified rate is not the figure. No pay period is stated. The job description is filed as 7-21-25 and the City's employment listing shows the post open until filled from 3 September 2025. Excluded: overtime and certificate or education pay.
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 Bryant 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. Bryant starts at $47,440, so $20,700 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Bryant Police Department officer make?
Bryant Police Department starts a new officer on $47,440 a year, about $22.81 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 Bryant, Human Resources, Police Officer job description: "Starting annual salary is $45,615.52 for non-certified & $47,440.14 for certified.".
Is that good pay for a police officer in Arkansas?
It ranks #16 of 17 agencies we have verified in Arkansas — 1 pay less, 15 pay more in the state — and #2,162 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $19,245 below, and against other municipal agencies $20,700 below.
Compare with another department
Put Bryant 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 AR
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Bryant | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arkansas State Police | State | — | $67,675 | +$20,235 | #1,080 |
| 2 | Rogers Police Department | Municipal | 140 | $61,363 | +$13,923 | #1,481 |
| 3 | Little Rock Police Department | Municipal | 535 | $57,928 | +$10,488 | #1,686 |
| 4 | Fayetteville Police Department | Municipal | 152 | $57,699 | +$10,259 | #1,713 |
| 5 | Bentonville Police Department | Municipal | 99 | $55,950 | +$8,510 | #1,797 |
| 6 | North Little Rock Police Department | Municipal | 175 | $55,068 | +$7,628 | #1,849 |
| 7 | Farmington Police Department | Municipal | 19 | $54,251 | +$6,811 | #1,898 |
| 8 | Jonesboro Police Department | Municipal | 163 | $51,501 | +$4,061 | #2,013 |
| 9 | Lowell Police Department | Municipal | 20 | $51,491 | +$4,051 | #2,014 |
| 10 | Benton Police Department | Municipal | 83 | $51,000 | +$3,560 | #2,032 |
| 11 | Conway Police Department | Municipal | 127 | $50,924 | +$3,483 | #2,037 |
| 12 | Pulaski County Sheriff's Office | County | 141 | $50,211 | +$2,771 | #2,068 |
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