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Coppell 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.
Coppell Police Department starts at $84,968 a year — about $40.85 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $18,283 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $16,828 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Texas run about 3% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $87,544 would somewhere at average prices — $2,576 more than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: utilities at 88, where goods are 98. 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 isCoppell Police Department reported 60 sworn officers and 13 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.4 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 41,505.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 Coppell says about itself
The Coppell Police Department is comprised of the Patrol Division, Investigations Division, and Support Services Bureau. Policing is about working with the community to ensure public safety through crime prevention and law enforcement, and members of the department accomplish this through our core policing strategies of problem-oriented policing and servant leadership. Patrol provides high-visibility beat patrol, the City of Coppell being divided into four beats with an assigned police officer for each; school resource officers serve as liaisons between the department and the Coppell Independent School District, providing security and fostering a safe learning environment for all students, and a uniformed police officer in the schools can be an encouragement to students to befriend a positive role model.
What Coppell does
Coppell Police Department describes policing as working with the community to ensure public safety through crime prevention and law enforcement. The department emphasizes Problem-Oriented Policing, Servant Leadership, police/community partnerships, traffic enforcement and community-event public safety.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. employer-controlled NEOGOV Police Recruit/Officer posting — open the source document
Their source is effective 22 May 2026.
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 Coppell 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. Coppell starts at $84,968, so $16,828 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Coppell Police Department officer make?
Coppell Police Department starts a new officer on $84,968 a year, about $40.85 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 employer-controlled NEOGOV Police Recruit/Officer posting.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Texas?
It ranks #7 of 151 agencies we have verified in Texas — 144 pay less, 6 pay more in the state — and #355 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $18,283 above, and against other municipal agencies $16,828 above.
Compare with another department
Put Coppell 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 TX
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Coppell | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allen Police Department | Municipal | 153 | $91,106 | +$6,138 | #241 |
| 2 | Frisco Police Department | Municipal | 270 | $90,750 | +$5,782 | #252 |
| 3 | Plano Police Department | Municipal | 400 | $90,729 | +$5,761 | #253 |
| 4 | Grand Prairie Police Department | Municipal | 287 | $90,000 | +$5,032 | #270 |
| 5 | Hurst Police Department | Municipal | 61 | $87,048 | +$2,080 | #322 |
| 6 | Lewisville Police Department | Municipal | 181 | $86,268 | +$1,300 | #335 |
| 8 | Rockwall Police Department | Municipal | 95 | $84,448 | −$520 | #362 |
| 9 | Farmers Branch Police Department | Municipal | 83 | $84,440 | −$528 | #363 |
| 10 | The Colony Police Department | Municipal | 86 | $84,082 | −$886 | #371 |
| 11 | Baytown Police Department | Municipal | 172 | $84,049 | −$919 | #372 |
| 12 | McKinney Police Department | Municipal | 248 | $83,992 | −$976 | #374 |
| 13 | Mesquite Police Department | Municipal | 260 | $83,869 | −$1,099 | #377 |
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