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Connecticut State Police 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.
Connecticut State Police starts at $76,625 a year — about $36.84 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $9,940 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $11,459 above the median for state agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Connecticut run about 4% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $73,955 somewhere at average prices — $2,670 less than the headline figure. Most of that is utilities, at 146 against a national average of 100, where goods are 97. 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 isConnecticut State Police reported 955 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025.No rate is shown: this agency does not police a single population the FBI publishes a figure for. 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 Connecticut State says about itself
The Connecticut State Police is a diverse agency that consists not only of patrol functions, but many other missions.
What Connecticut State does
The Connecticut State Police, formed in 1903, is one of the oldest state police agencies in the country. Its troopers hold full police powers in every municipality, and beyond patrol the agency runs the state fire marshal function, major crime and narcotics units, an emergency services unit with a dive team, aviation, marine patrol and a forensic laboratory. More than 60 towns contract with it for resident-trooper policing.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 6 September 2026. Connecticut State Police Recruitment & Selections — Salary & Benefits — open the source document
Their source is effective 1 July 2025.
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 Connecticut State 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. Connecticut State starts at $76,625, so $11,459 above the state middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Connecticut State Police officer make?
Connecticut State Police starts a new officer on $76,625 a year, about $36.84 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 Connecticut State Police Recruitment & Selections — Salary & Benefits.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Connecticut?
It ranks #6 of 21 agencies we have verified in Connecticut — 15 pay less, 5 pay more in the state — and #600 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $9,940 above, and against other state agencies $11,459 above.
Compare with another department
Put Connecticut State Police 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 CT
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Connecticut | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Windsor Police Department | Municipal | 41 | $87,483 | +$10,858 | #312 |
| 2 | Norwalk Police Department | Municipal | 184 | $82,116 | +$5,491 | #425 |
| 3 | Milford Police Department | Municipal | 105 | $81,237 | +$4,612 | #451 |
| 4 | Hamden Police Department | Municipal | 93 | $80,104 | +$3,479 | #492 |
| 5 | Greenwich Police Department | Municipal | 142 | $78,704 | +$2,079 | #528 |
| 7 | Suffield Police Department | Municipal | 21 | $75,420 | −$1,205 | #653 |
| 8 | Fairfield Police Department | Municipal | 115 | $75,241 | −$1,384 | #664 |
| 9 | Shelton Police Department | Municipal | 43 | $74,962 | −$1,663 | #680 |
| 10 | Stamford Police Department | Municipal | 278 | $72,881 | −$3,744 | #766 |
| 11 | Manchester Police Department | Municipal | 117 | $72,633 | −$3,992 | #783 |
| 12 | Norwich Police Department | Municipal | 76 | $71,944 | −$4,681 | #817 |
| 13 | Wallingford Police Department | Municipal | 73 | $71,448 | −$5,177 | #846 |
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