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Corpus Christi 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.
Corpus Christi Police Department starts at $64,380 a year — about $30.95 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $4,010 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $6,884 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Texas run about 3% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $66,332 would somewhere at average prices — $1,952 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.
About Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi Police Department fields 501 sworn officers and 204 civilian staff on the Gulf coast, having added 55 officer posts over four years, and runs its own police academy — a purpose-built facility opened in 2024 that quadrupled the space of the old one, graduating classes of 25 to 32 cadets a year. A separate voter-approved Crime Control and Prevention District funds a further 78 sworn positions along with the bike patrol, K-9 unit and traffic safety programmes
Where the figure comes from
Checked 20 August 2026. Corpus Christi Police Department official recruiting site — Pay & Benefits — open the source document
CCPD's own recruiting site, Pay & Benefits, verified 20 Aug 2026: "Starting Base Pay for Trainee $4,619 monthly" and "Starting Base Pay for upon Academy Graduation $5,365 monthly". The published figure is the POST-ACADEMY rate, $5,365 x 12 = $64,380 — the same measure used for Santa Clara CA and Sachse TX, where the recruit rate is priced separately. No prior service is required: the department runs a separate Lateral Hiring route for experienced officers. Base only; education, shift, graveyard, longevity, FTO and unit incentives all excluded.
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 Corpus Christi 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. Corpus Christi starts at $64,380, so $6,907 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Corpus Christi Police Department officer make?
Corpus Christi Police Department starts a new officer on $64,380 a year, about $30.95 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 Corpus Christi Police Department official recruiting site — Pay & Benefits.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Texas?
It ranks #103 of 140 agencies we have verified in Texas — 37 pay less, 102 pay more in the state — and #1,045 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $4,010 below, and against other municipal agencies $6,884 below.
Compare with another department
Put Corpus Christi 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 Corpus | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allen Police Department | Municipal | 153 | $91,106 | +$26,726 | #192 |
| 2 | Frisco Police Department | Municipal | 270 | $90,750 | +$26,370 | #200 |
| 3 | Plano Police Department | Municipal | 414 | $90,729 | +$26,349 | #201 |
| 4 | Grand Prairie Police Department | Municipal | 287 | $90,000 | +$25,620 | #216 |
| 5 | Hurst Police Department | Municipal | — | $87,048 | +$22,668 | #264 |
| 6 | Lewisville Police Department | Municipal | 181 | $86,268 | +$21,888 | #276 |
| 7 | Coppell Police Department | Municipal | 60 | $84,968 | +$20,588 | #293 |
| 8 | Rockwall Police Department | Municipal | 95 | $84,448 | +$20,068 | #300 |
| 9 | The Colony Police Department | Municipal | — | $84,082 | +$19,702 | #306 |
| 10 | Baytown Police Department | Municipal | — | $84,049 | +$19,669 | #307 |
| 11 | McKinney Police Department | Municipal | 248 | $83,992 | +$19,612 | #309 |
| 12 | Mesquite Police Department | Municipal | 260 | $83,869 | +$19,489 | #312 |
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