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Carrollton 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.
Carrollton Police Department starts at $56,500 a year — about $27.16 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $10,185 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $11,640 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Georgia run about 4% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $58,675 would somewhere at average prices — $2,175 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 89 against a national average of 100, where goods are 99. 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 isCarrollton Police Department reported 88 sworn officers and 18 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 3.1 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 28,697.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 Carrollton says about itself
Currently, the Carrollton Police Department, under the direction of Chief Joel Richards, serves a population of approximately 28,000 residents (excluding the campus at the University of West Georgia) and a daytime population of about 60,000 in a 23 square mile area.
What Carrollton does
The Carrollton Police Department serves the City of Carrollton in Carroll County, Georgia.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 20 September 2026. Carrollton Police Department, Jobs at CPD, POST certified officer pay — open the source document
No effective date, read 20 September 2026. Non-certified candidates are paid $53,000 in the academy and move to the certified rate on completing it.
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 Carrollton 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. Carrollton starts at $56,500, so $11,640 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Carrollton Police Department officer make?
Carrollton Police Department starts a new officer on $56,500 a year, about $27.16 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 Carrollton Police Department, Jobs at CPD, POST certified officer pay.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Georgia?
It ranks #35 of 80 agencies we have verified in Georgia — 45 pay less, 34 pay more in the state — and #1,775 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $10,185 below, and against other municipal agencies $11,640 below.
Compare with another department
Put Carrollton 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 GA
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Carrollton | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chamblee Police Department | Municipal | 68 | $73,733 | +$17,233 | #729 |
| 2 | Sandy Springs Police Department | Municipal | 149 | $71,686 | +$15,186 | #836 |
| 3 | Georgia Bureau of Investigation | State | 338 | $64,977 | +$8,477 | #1,265 |
| 4 | Duluth Police Department | Municipal | 57 | $64,755 | +$8,255 | #1,279 |
| 5 | Garden City Police Department | Municipal | 35 | $64,072 | +$7,572 | #1,314 |
| 6 | Georgia State Patrol | State | — | $63,684 | +$7,184 | #1,336 |
| 7 | South Fulton Police Department | Municipal | 213 | $63,440 | +$6,940 | #1,354 |
| 8 | Hall County Sheriff's Office | County | 283 | $63,365 | +$6,865 | #1,359 |
| 9 | Roswell Police Department | Municipal | 154 | $62,462 | +$5,962 | #1,413 |
| 10 | Dunwoody Police Department | Municipal | 66 | $62,301 | +$5,801 | #1,428 |
| 11 | Savannah Police Department | Municipal | 425 | $61,989 | +$5,489 | #1,450 |
| 12 | Alpharetta Police Department | Municipal | 105 | $61,100 | +$4,600 | #1,495 |
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