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Casa Grande 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.
Casa Grande Police Department starts at $72,860 a year — about $35.03 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $4,470 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $1,596 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ run about 3% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $70,522 somewhere at average prices — $2,338 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 121 against a national average of 100, where goods are 95. Based on price levels for this metropolitan 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 isCasa Grande Police Department reported 82 sworn officers and 26 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.1 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 73,225.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 Casa Grande says about itself
The mission of the Casa Grande Police Department is to protect, serve, and sustain supporting partnerships with the community.
What Casa Grande does
Casa Grande officers protect life and property through law enforcement, routine patrol, preliminary investigations and traffic regulation.
Shifts at Casa Grande
Casa Grande patrols the city in five districts, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with each patrol team staffed by one sergeant and its police officers.
Five districts covered every day of the year means a fixed team and a rotation you can plan around. BlueShifts builds the pattern and keeps court, overtime and days off beside it.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 13 August 2026. $72,860 annually minimum upon successful academy completion. Current official City Police Recruit posting expressly states that upon successful academy completion recruits are reclassified to Police Officer, Salary Range 62, minimum $72,860. — open the source document
$72,860 annually minimum upon successful academy completion. Current official City Police Recruit posting expressly states that upon successful academy completion recruits are reclassified to Police Officer, Salary Range 62, minimum $72,860.
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 Casa Grande 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. Casa Grande starts at $72,860, so $1,573 above the municipal middle.
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Common questions
How much does a Casa Grande Police Department officer make?
Casa Grande Police Department starts a new officer on $72,860 a year, about $35.03 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 $72,860 annually minimum upon successful academy completion. Current official City Police Recruit posting expressly states that upon successful academy completion recruits are reclassified to Police Officer, Salary Range 62, minimum $72,860..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Arizona?
It ranks #6 of 26 agencies we have verified in Arizona — 20 pay less, 5 pay more in the state — and #632 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $4,470 above, and against other municipal agencies $1,596 above.
What shifts do Casa Grande Police Department officers work?
Casa Grande patrols the city in five districts, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with each patrol team staffed by one sergeant and its police officers. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Casa Grande 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 AZ
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Casa | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goodyear Police Department | Municipal | 174 | $77,147 | +$4,287 | #475 |
| 2 | Phoenix Police Department | Municipal | 2,490 | $75,847 | +$2,987 | #526 |
| 3 | Queen Creek Police Department | Municipal | 132 | $74,693 | +$1,833 | #569 |
| 4 | Chandler Police Department | Municipal | 348 | $74,610 | +$1,750 | #573 |
| 5 | Mesa Police Department | Municipal | 885 | $73,972 | +$1,112 | #596 |
| 7 | El Mirage Police Department | Municipal | 53 | $71,573 | −$1,287 | #693 |
| 8 | Maricopa Police Department | Municipal | 89 | $71,074 | −$1,786 | #719 |
| 9 | Flagstaff Police Department | Municipal | 107 | $68,203 | −$4,657 | #850 |
| 10 | Navajo County Sheriff's Office | County | 59 | $67,496 | −$5,364 | #892 |
| 11 | Bullhead City Police Department | Municipal | 66 | $67,038 | −$5,822 | #914 |
| 12 | Show Low Police Department | Municipal | 34 | $66,581 | −$6,279 | #943 |
| 13 | Apache Junction Police Department | Municipal | 88 | $65,874 | −$6,986 | #974 |
Base pay is only part of the year
Whatever the figure above, the rotation is what decides your year — which weekends you lose, when the changeovers land, what you can plan around. Save yours once and BlueShifts shows it a year ahead, with the off-duty jobs you take and what each one paid.
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