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Chamblee 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.
Chamblee Police Department starts at $73,733 a year — about $35.45 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $7,048 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $5,593 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Georgia run about 4% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $76,572 would somewhere at average prices — $2,839 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 isChamblee Police Department reported 68 sworn officers and 13 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.1 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 32,886.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 Chamblee says about itself
The Chamblee Police Department vigorously responds to calls for law enforcement services, enforces all state and local laws and ordinances, protects life and property, investigates matters of a criminal nature, preserves the peace, and strives to prevent crime and disorder.
What Chamblee does
The Chamblee Police Department is the municipal force for the City of Chamblee in DeKalb County, north-east of Atlanta, working from 4445 Buford Highway. In the City's own words it responds to calls for law enforcement services, enforces state and local laws and ordinances, protects life and property, investigates crime, preserves the peace and works to prevent crime and disorder.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 23 September 2026. City of Chamblee, "CPD is Hiring!": "$73,733-83,708 Starting Salary depending on experience and education", with an "$800 Monthly Housing Incentive for officers living in the City of Chamblee". — open the source document
$73,733 is the bottom of a range the City labels STARTING SALARY and says varies with "experience and education". The bottom of that range is therefore the rate for a new officer with neither, and the top, $83,708, is what experience and a degree can add - so the top is never the figure. The post does not split certified from uncertified pay. No date is printed on the post. The $800 a month housing incentive is paid only to officers living in the city and is not base pay. IT IS THE HIGHEST CITY FIGURE IN GEORGIA ON THIS LIST, above Sandy Springs at $71,686.49, and it is the City's own printed number, read on 23 Sep 2026. Excluded: the housing incentive, the 10% City 401(a) contribution, the paid POAB retirement fund, and benefits.
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 Chamblee 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. Chamblee starts at $73,733, so $5,593 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Chamblee Police Department officer make?
Chamblee Police Department starts a new officer on $73,733 a year, about $35.45 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 Chamblee, "CPD is Hiring!": "$73,733-83,708 Starting Salary depending on experience and education", with an "$800 Monthly Housing Incentive for officers living in the City of Chamblee"..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Georgia?
It ranks #1 of 80 agencies we have verified in Georgia — the highest in the state in the state — and #729 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $7,048 above, and against other municipal agencies $5,593 above.
Compare with another department
Put Chamblee 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 Chamblee | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Sandy Springs Police Department | Municipal | 149 | $71,686 | −$2,047 | #836 |
| 3 | Georgia Bureau of Investigation | State | 338 | $64,977 | −$8,756 | #1,265 |
| 4 | Duluth Police Department | Municipal | 57 | $64,755 | −$8,978 | #1,279 |
| 5 | Garden City Police Department | Municipal | 35 | $64,072 | −$9,661 | #1,314 |
| 6 | Georgia State Patrol | State | — | $63,684 | −$10,049 | #1,336 |
| 7 | South Fulton Police Department | Municipal | 213 | $63,440 | −$10,293 | #1,354 |
| 8 | Hall County Sheriff's Office | County | 283 | $63,365 | −$10,368 | #1,359 |
| 9 | Roswell Police Department | Municipal | 154 | $62,462 | −$11,271 | #1,413 |
| 10 | Dunwoody Police Department | Municipal | 66 | $62,301 | −$11,432 | #1,428 |
| 11 | Savannah Police Department | Municipal | 425 | $61,989 | −$11,744 | #1,450 |
| 12 | Alpharetta Police Department | Municipal | 105 | $61,100 | −$12,633 | #1,495 |
| 13 | DeKalb County Police Department | County | 525 | $61,000 | −$12,733 | #1,504 |
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