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Colonie 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.
Colonie Police Department starts at $62,208 a year — about $29.91 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $4,477 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $5,932 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in New York run about 8% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $57,642 somewhere at average prices — $4,566 less than the headline figure. Most of that is utilities, at 134 against a national average of 100, where goods are 107. 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.
What Colonie says about itself
The Colonie Police Department is a full-service police department that serves our community of 85,000 residents.
What Colonie does
The Colonie Police Department serves the Town of Colonie in Albany County, New York.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 20 September 2026. Town of Colonie, Police Department Careers: “The starting salary for this position is $62,208.” — open the source document
No date published, read 20 September 2026. The Town gives one further point on the same page - $93,215 after five years. Candidates sit a New York State written civil service examination administered by the Town's own civil service department, held once every three years.
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 Colonie 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. Colonie starts at $62,208, so $5,932 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Colonie Police Department officer make?
Colonie Police Department starts a new officer on $62,208 a year, about $29.91 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 Town of Colonie, Police Department Careers: “The starting salary for this position is $62,208.”.
Is that good pay for a police officer in New York?
It ranks #15 of 27 agencies we have verified in New York — 12 pay less, 14 pay more in the state — and #1,438 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $4,477 below, and against other municipal agencies $5,932 below.
Compare with another department
Put Colonie 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 NY
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Colonie | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York State Department of Financial Services — Investigations | State | — | $86,681 | +$24,473 | #328 |
| 2 | New York State Police | State | 5,373 | $82,608 | +$20,400 | #415 |
| 3 | New York State Park Police | State | 269 | $73,796 | +$11,588 | #726 |
| 4 | Onondaga County Sheriff's Office | County | 217 | $71,764 | +$9,556 | #830 |
| 5 | Yonkers Police Department | Municipal | 625 | $70,229 | +$8,021 | #923 |
| 6 | Erie County Sheriff's Office | County | 175 | $69,274 | +$7,066 | #974 |
| 7 | Livingston County Sheriff's Office | County | 66 | $67,808 | +$5,600 | #1,067 |
| 8 | New York State Department of Environmental Conservation — Forest Rangers | State | — | $67,796 | +$5,588 | #1,068 |
| 9 | Yates County Sheriff's Office | County | 27 | $66,389 | +$4,181 | #1,170 |
| 10 | Hempstead Village Police Department | Municipal | 128 | $65,254 | +$3,046 | #1,240 |
| 11 | Albany Police Department | Municipal | 269 | $65,066 | +$2,858 | #1,252 |
| 12 | Clarkstown Police Department | Municipal | — | $64,783 | +$2,575 | #1,276 |
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