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Burrillville 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.
Burrillville Police Department starts at $70,484 a year — about $33.89 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $3,799 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $2,344 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Rhode Island run about 2% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $68,913 somewhere at average prices — $1,571 less than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: utilities at 147, where goods are 97. 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 isBurrillville Police Department reported 24 sworn officers and 10 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.4 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 16,937.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 Burrillville says about itself
The Burrillville Police Department is committed to protect and serve the citizens of Burrillville. This task can only be accomplished through the commitment of the police department and the citizens to work together as a community.
What Burrillville does
The Burrillville Police Department is the public safety agency and emergency communications dispatch for the Town of Burrillville in north-west Rhode Island, staffed by 26 full-time sworn officers and eight communications specialists. Its specialist units include a detective division and prosecution unit, a K-9 unit, an active shooter team, an accident reconstruction team, commercial enforcement, ATV and bike patrol, and school and community resource officers. The department has run a Citizen's Police Academy since March 1998 under the motto adopted that year - understanding each other, we can make a difference - alongside B-SAFE for elderly residents and B-EASY on alcohol sales to young people, and employs a law enforcement advocate for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault
Where the figure comes from
Checked 6 September 2026. Burrillville Police Department entry-level officer recruitment posting, published by the Rhode Island Municipal Police Academy — open the source document
The Department's own Entry-Level Police Officer posting, hosted by the Rhode Island Municipal Police Academy, read 6 September 2026: current probationary officer pay $70,484, rising to senior patrol officer pay of $74,177 one year after being sworn. Entry needs a high school diploma or equivalent, US citizenship, a driver's license and age 21 by graduation from the Rhode Island Municipal Police Training Academy - college credits preferred, not required - so no certification or prior sworn service. Longevity of 5.5% after five years rising to 11% at twenty, 13 holidays and five personal days are listed separately and 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 Burrillville 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. Burrillville starts at $70,484, so $2,344 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Burrillville Police Department officer make?
Burrillville Police Department starts a new officer on $70,484 a year, about $33.89 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 Burrillville Police Department entry-level officer recruitment posting, published by the Rhode Island Municipal Police Academy.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Rhode Island?
It ranks #6 of 17 agencies we have verified in Rhode Island — 11 pay less, 5 pay more in the state — and #908 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $3,799 above, and against other municipal agencies $2,344 above.
Compare with another department
Put Burrillville 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 RI
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Burrillville | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management — Division of Law Enforcement / Environmental Police | State | 32 | $90,850 | +$20,366 | #249 |
| 2 | Smithfield Police Department | Municipal | 46 | $82,885 | +$12,401 | #407 |
| 3 | Rhode Island State Police | State | 267 | $81,579 | +$11,095 | #437 |
| 4 | Providence Police Department | Municipal | 435 | $81,468 | +$10,984 | #441 |
| 5 | North Providence Police Department | Municipal | — | $71,787 | +$1,303 | #829 |
| 7 | East Providence Police Department | Municipal | 86 | $69,155 | −$1,329 | #983 |
| 8 | Lincoln Police Department | Municipal | 40 | $69,000 | −$1,484 | #991 |
| 9 | Pawtucket Police Department | Municipal | 145 | $66,402 | −$4,082 | #1,167 |
| 10 | Warwick Police Department | Municipal | 169 | $65,739 | −$4,745 | #1,204 |
| 11 | North Kingstown Police Department | Municipal | — | $65,012 | −$5,472 | #1,255 |
| 12 | Portsmouth Police Department | Municipal | 39 | $64,358 | −$6,126 | #1,297 |
| 13 | Cranston Police Department | Municipal | 147 | $63,309 | −$7,175 | #1,364 |
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