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Coeur d'Alene 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.
Coeur d'Alene Police Department starts at $66,872 a year — about $32.15 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $1,518 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $4,392 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Coeur d'Alene, ID run about 2% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $68,033 would somewhere at average prices — $1,161 more than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: utilities at 71, where goods are 96. 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 isCoeur d'Alene Police Department reported 94 sworn officers and 23 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.6 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 57,973.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 Coeur d'Alene says about itself
The Coeur d’Alene Police Department is a professional organization consisting of 121 employees and many volunteers working daily for safety and justice.
What Coeur d'Alene does
Coeur d'Alene Police Department describes itself as a professional organisation of 121 employees and many volunteers, providing the city's municipal law-enforcement service.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. City of Coeur d'Alene Sworn Officer Compensation Schedule FY2025-2026 — open the source document
Current City schedule lists Police Officer minimum at $32.15/hour and separately lists Police Officer Recruit minimum at $30.63/hour. The post-recruit Police Officer minimum is therefore used. $32.15 x 2,080 = $66,872 annually. Class: Police Officer. Trainee class: YES, current City sworn compensation schedule separately lists Police Officer Recruit at a lower rate. City FY2025-2026 budget and sworn compensation schedule identify Police Officer as the municipal sworn classification.
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 Coeur d'Alene 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. Coeur d'Alene starts at $66,872, so $4,415 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Coeur d'Alene Police Department officer make?
Coeur d'Alene Police Department starts a new officer on $66,872 a year, about $32.15 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 Coeur d'Alene Sworn Officer Compensation Schedule FY2025-2026.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Idaho?
It ranks #6 of 51 agencies we have verified in Idaho — 45 pay less, 5 pay more in the state — and #925 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $1,518 below, and against other municipal agencies $4,392 below.
Compare with another department
Put Coeur d'Alene 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 ID
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Coeur | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun Valley Police Department | Municipal | — | $75,005 | +$8,133 | #558 |
| 2 | Blaine County Sheriff's Office | County | 20 | $74,526 | +$7,654 | #577 |
| 3 | Boise Police Department | Municipal | 326 | $69,514 | +$2,642 | #791 |
| 4 | Meridian Police Department | Municipal | 109 | $67,621 | +$749 | #885 |
| 5 | Post Falls Police Department | Municipal | 52 | $67,330 | +$458 | #904 |
| 7 | Kootenai County Sheriff's Office | County | 104 | $65,291 | −$1,581 | #1,006 |
| 8 | Ada County Sheriff's Office | County | 220 | $64,896 | −$1,976 | #1,030 |
| 9 | McCall Police Department | Municipal | 12 | $63,773 | −$3,099 | #1,069 |
| 10 | Moscow Police Department | Municipal | 30 | $63,544 | −$3,328 | #1,079 |
| 11 | Lewiston Police Department | Municipal | 46 | $63,321 | −$3,551 | #1,094 |
| 12 | Idaho State Police | State | 311 | $62,546 | −$4,326 | #1,128 |
| 13 | Bellevue Marshal's Office | Municipal | 5 | $60,320 | −$6,552 | #1,223 |
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