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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 $79,571 a year — about $38.26 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $12,886 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $11,431 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Texas run about 3% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $81,984 would somewhere at average prices — $2,413 more than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: utilities at 88, where goods are 98. 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 174 sworn officers and 48 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.3 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 135,908.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
The mission of the Carrollton Police Department is to proactively protect our community while treating all we encounter with professionalism, dignity, and respect. The department invests deeply in training, with requirements exceeding the minimum set by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, more than half of its officers holding Master Peace Officer certification, and a Training Advisory Board that includes three members of the general public.
What Carrollton does
Carrollton Police Department covers 37 square miles spanning Dallas, Denton and Collin counties with around 179 sworn officers, 55 civilian staff and part-time detention officers. It has been a Texas Police Chiefs Association Recognized Agency since 2009 against 170 best-practice standards, and reports that more than half its officers hold Master Peace Officer certification, the state's highest proficiency level
Where the figure comes from
Checked 20 August 2026. City of Carrollton — Compensation Structure, Civil Service, effective 20 September 2025 (pay grade CS1, Police Officer, Step 1) — open the source document
City of Carrollton Compensation Structure — Civil Service, effective 20 September 2025. Pay grade CS1 holds Police Officer (non-exempt) alongside Fire Fighter: Step 1, under 12 months of service, $38.2553 an hour on 2,080 hours = $79,571.08 a year, rising through nine steps to top out for Police Officer at Step 9, 96 months, $112,410.48. No prior service is required, and this is not a lateral rate: Step 1 is defined by service length — under twelve months — so an officer with no prior service is at Step 1 by definition. The 2,912-hour column beside it is the fire shift calculation and does not apply to police, which is why it stops after Step 6 where fire tops out.
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 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 $79,571, so $11,431 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Carrollton Police Department officer make?
Carrollton Police Department starts a new officer on $79,571 a year, about $38.26 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 Carrollton — Compensation Structure, Civil Service, effective 20 September 2025 (pay grade CS1, Police Officer, Step 1).
Is that good pay for a police officer in Texas?
It ranks #34 of 151 agencies we have verified in Texas — 117 pay less, 33 pay more in the state — and #506 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $12,886 above, and against other municipal agencies $11,431 above.
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 TX
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Carrollton | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allen Police Department | Municipal | 153 | $91,106 | +$11,535 | #241 |
| 2 | Frisco Police Department | Municipal | 270 | $90,750 | +$11,179 | #252 |
| 3 | Plano Police Department | Municipal | 400 | $90,729 | +$11,158 | #253 |
| 4 | Grand Prairie Police Department | Municipal | 287 | $90,000 | +$10,429 | #270 |
| 5 | Hurst Police Department | Municipal | 61 | $87,048 | +$7,477 | #322 |
| 6 | Lewisville Police Department | Municipal | 181 | $86,268 | +$6,697 | #335 |
| 7 | Coppell Police Department | Municipal | 60 | $84,968 | +$5,397 | #355 |
| 8 | Rockwall Police Department | Municipal | 95 | $84,448 | +$4,877 | #362 |
| 9 | Farmers Branch Police Department | Municipal | 83 | $84,440 | +$4,869 | #363 |
| 10 | The Colony Police Department | Municipal | 86 | $84,082 | +$4,511 | #371 |
| 11 | Baytown Police Department | Municipal | 172 | $84,049 | +$4,478 | #372 |
| 12 | McKinney Police Department | Municipal | 248 | $83,992 | +$4,421 | #374 |
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