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Corvallis 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.
Corvallis Police Department starts at $82,747 a year — about $39.78 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $14,357 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $11,483 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Corvallis, OR run about 4% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $79,551 somewhere at average prices — $3,196 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 114 against a national average of 100, where goods are 105. 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 isCorvallis Police Department reported 67 sworn officers and 42 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.1 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 62,971.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 Corvallis says about itself
The mission of the Corvallis Police Department is to enhance community livability by working in partnership with the community to promote public safety and crime prevention through education and enforcement; to maintain public order while preserving the legal rights of all individuals; to provide effective, efficient and courteous service; and to reduce the impact of crime.
What Corvallis does
The Corvallis Police Department says its mission is to enhance community livability by working in partnership with the community to promote public safety and crime prevention through education and enforcement. It also commits to maintaining public order while preserving legal rights, providing effective, efficient and courteous service, and reducing the impact of crime. Community policing is identified as a priority, with specialized opportunities including K9, street crimes, motorcycles, community livability, detectives and drones
Where the figure comes from
Checked 14 August 2026. City of Corvallis official Become a Police Officer page — entry-level recruit police officer salary — open the source document
Entry-level recruit police officer $39.78 hourly / $6,895 monthly / $82,747 annually. Six steps in the classification; top step $50.77 hourly / $8,800 monthly / $105,609 annually, before incentives. Incentives are additive to base: DPSST intermediate +3%, advanced +5%, ORPAT physical fitness +2%, bilingual +5%, and specialty assignments — community livability officer, motors, training officer and detective +5%, K9 +10%. Class: entry-level recruit Police Officer — step 1 of six | Post-academy: no separate class, the recruit rate IS step 1 of the sworn classification and DPSST academy is attended on it. Confirmed live on the cited page 21 Aug 2026: $39.78 hourly, $6,895 monthly, $82,747 annually, top step $50.77/$105,609. NOTE A STALE TWIN ON THE SAME SITE: /police/nowhiring still shows the previous $38.62/$80,337 and top step $49.29/$102,533 — cite /police/page/become-police-officer.
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 Corvallis 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. Corvallis starts at $82,747, so $11,460 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Corvallis Police Department officer make?
Corvallis Police Department starts a new officer on $82,747 a year, about $39.78 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 Corvallis official Become a Police Officer page — entry-level recruit police officer salary.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Oregon?
It ranks #7 of 46 agencies we have verified in Oregon — 39 pay less, 6 pay more in the state — and #337 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $14,357 above, and against other municipal agencies $11,483 above.
Compare with another department
Put Corvallis 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 OR
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Corvallis | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tigard Police Department | Municipal | 71 | $86,596 | +$3,849 | #271 |
| 2 | Bend Police Department | Municipal | 107 | $86,432 | +$3,685 | #273 |
| 3 | Washington County Sheriff's Office | County | 219 | $85,738 | +$2,991 | #280 |
| 4 | Gresham Police Department | Municipal | 123 | $84,968 | +$2,221 | #292 |
| 5 | Portland Police Bureau | Municipal | 809 | $84,000 | +$1,253 | #308 |
| 6 | Hillsboro Police Department | Municipal | 144 | $83,988 | +$1,241 | #311 |
| 8 | Lane County Sheriff's Office | County | 75 | $82,181 | −$566 | #344 |
| 9 | Multnomah County Sheriff's Office | County | 132 | $82,035 | −$712 | #348 |
| 10 | Tualatin Police Department | Municipal | 38 | $81,973 | −$774 | #349 |
| 11 | Oregon City Police Department | Municipal | 38 | $81,564 | −$1,183 | #359 |
| 12 | Salem Police Department | Municipal | 185 | $81,349 | −$1,398 | #366 |
| 13 | Canby Police Department | Municipal | 28 | $80,883 | −$1,864 | #384 |
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