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Culver 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.
Culver Police Department starts at $65,520 a year — about $31.50 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $1,165 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $2,620 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Indiana run about 7% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $70,203 would somewhere at average prices — $4,683 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 74 against a national average of 100, where goods are 96. 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 Culver says about itself
The Culver Police Department is one of the town departments of Culver, Indiana, in Marshall County, working from the Town Hall on East Washington Street under a Town Marshal appointed by the Town Council. Its officers perform duties related to law enforcement such as preventing crimes, investigating suspicious activity, apprehending violators, assisting persons in trouble, directing vehicular and pedestrian traffic, and enforcing town ordinances. The department is one of five municipal police forces in Marshall County alongside Plymouth, Bremen, Bourbon and Argos, which together with the Sheriff's Department, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the Indiana State Police submit their investigations to the county prosecutor for review.
What Culver does
Culver Police Department polices a small Marshall County town of around 1,600 on the shore of Lake Maxinkuckee in northern Indiana. Like many Indiana towns it is headed by a Town Marshal rather than a chief, with deputy marshals appointed by the Town Council, and it runs a handful of officers covering the town around the clock. The department works closely with the Marshall County Sheriff's Department, which handles many incidents in and around the town, and its officers cover Culver's schools and the lake shore.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 21 August 2026. Employer recruitment notice. Published via the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy job board. — open the source document
The source page does not state an effective date.
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 Culver 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. Culver starts at $65,520, so $2,620 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Culver Police Department officer make?
Culver Police Department starts a new officer on $65,520 a year, about $31.50 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 recruitment notice. Published via the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy job board..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Indiana?
It ranks #26 of 46 agencies we have verified in Indiana — 20 pay less, 25 pay more in the state — and #1,218 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $1,165 below, and against other municipal agencies $2,620 below.
Compare with another department
Put Culver 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 IN
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Culver | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bloomington Police Department | Municipal | 95 | $81,234 | +$15,714 | #452 |
| 2 | South Bend Police Department | Municipal | 246 | $80,240 | +$14,720 | #488 |
| 3 | MSD Wayne Township School Police Department | Special jurisdiction | — | $77,700 | +$12,180 | #566 |
| 4 | Columbus Police Department | Municipal | 88 | $74,984 | +$9,464 | #679 |
| 5 | Fishers Police Department | Municipal | 124 | $74,560 | +$9,040 | #695 |
| 6 | Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department | Municipal | — | $74,459 | +$8,939 | #701 |
| 7 | Fort Wayne Police Department | Municipal | 503 | $73,449 | +$7,929 | #740 |
| 8 | Lafayette Police Department | Municipal | 142 | $72,539 | +$7,019 | #787 |
| 9 | West Lafayette Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $72,391 | +$6,871 | #792 |
| 10 | Purdue University Police Department | Special jurisdiction | — | $72,137 | +$6,617 | #804 |
| 11 | Carmel Police Department | Municipal | 147 | $72,000 | +$6,480 | #813 |
| 12 | Indiana State Police | State | 1,171 | $70,000 | +$4,480 | #938 |
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