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Dallas 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.
Dallas Police Department starts at $73,099 a year — about $35.14 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $4,709 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $1,835 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Oregon run about 3% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $70,722 somewhere at average prices — $2,377 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 109 against a national average of 100, where goods are 105. 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 isDallas Police Department reported 23 sworn officers and 2 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.3 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 18,147.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 Dallas says about itself
The mission of the Dallas Police Department is to provide professional, effective and unbiased police services, in a fair and ethical manner.
What Dallas does
Dallas Police Officers perform patrol and community peacekeeping, warrant service, investigations, traffic and ordinance enforcement and other law-enforcement activities. They respond to calls, conduct preventive patrol, investigate crimes and crashes, make arrests and work with the community.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. employer-controlled NEOGOV Police Officer posting — open the source document
Their source is effective 5 January 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.
How this level compares
Where Dallas 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. Dallas starts at $73,099, so $1,812 above the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Dallas Police Department officer make?
Dallas Police Department starts a new officer on $73,099 a year, about $35.14 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 Officer posting.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Oregon?
It ranks #30 of 46 agencies we have verified in Oregon — 16 pay less, 29 pay more in the state — and #623 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $4,709 above, and against other municipal agencies $1,835 above.
Compare with another department
Put Dallas 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 Dallas | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tigard Police Department | Municipal | 71 | $86,596 | +$13,497 | #271 |
| 2 | Bend Police Department | Municipal | 107 | $86,432 | +$13,333 | #273 |
| 3 | Washington County Sheriff's Office | County | 219 | $85,738 | +$12,639 | #280 |
| 4 | Gresham Police Department | Municipal | 123 | $84,968 | +$11,869 | #292 |
| 5 | Portland Police Bureau | Municipal | 809 | $84,000 | +$10,901 | #308 |
| 6 | Hillsboro Police Department | Municipal | 144 | $83,988 | +$10,889 | #311 |
| 7 | Corvallis Police Department | Municipal | 67 | $82,747 | +$9,648 | #337 |
| 8 | Lane County Sheriff's Office | County | 75 | $82,181 | +$9,082 | #344 |
| 9 | Multnomah County Sheriff's Office | County | 132 | $82,035 | +$8,936 | #348 |
| 10 | Tualatin Police Department | Municipal | 38 | $81,973 | +$8,874 | #349 |
| 11 | Oregon City Police Department | Municipal | 38 | $81,564 | +$8,465 | #359 |
| 12 | Salem Police Department | Municipal | 185 | $81,349 | +$8,250 | #366 |
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