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Daytona Beach 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.
Daytona Beach Police Department starts at $52,041 a year — about $25.02 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $14,644 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $16,099 below the median for municipal agencies.
How big the department isDaytona Beach Police Department reported 211 sworn officers and 97 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.4 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 89,835.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 Daytona Beach says about itself
It is the mission of the Daytona Beach Police Department to serve in partnership with our community in order to create a safer environment to live, work and play.
What Daytona Beach does
Daytona Beach Police Department says it has been the law enforcement agency for the City of Daytona Beach since the city's 1926 consolidation, serving residents and millions of yearly visitors.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 31 August 2026. City of Daytona Beach official Police Officer Benefits page — open the source document
2026 page; starting salary $52,041, equivalent to $25.02 hourly. Sponsored academy applicants receive $19.06 hourly while attending the Basic Law Enforcement Academy.
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 Daytona Beach 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. Daytona Beach starts at $52,041, so $16,099 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Daytona Beach Police Department officer make?
Daytona Beach Police Department starts a new officer on $52,041 a year, about $25.02 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 Daytona Beach official Police Officer Benefits page.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Florida?
It ranks #227 of 303 agencies we have verified in Florida — 76 pay less, 226 pay more in the state — and #1,977 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $14,644 below, and against other municipal agencies $16,099 below.
Compare with another department
Put Daytona Beach 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 FL
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Daytona | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boca Raton Police Services Department | Municipal | 195 | $91,007 | +$38,966 | #244 |
| 2 | Fort Lauderdale Police Department | Municipal | 565 | $81,723 | +$29,682 | #433 |
| 3 | Plantation Police Department | Municipal | 164 | $81,000 | +$28,959 | #459 |
| 4 | Hillsboro Beach Police Department | Municipal | 15 | $80,954 | +$28,913 | #461 |
| 5 | Pinecrest Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $80,912 | +$28,871 | #464 |
| 6 | Sunny Isles Beach Police Department | Municipal | 65 | $80,000 | +$27,959 | #496 |
| 7 | Indian Creek Village Public Safety Department | Municipal | 10 | $79,850 | +$27,809 | #500 |
| 8 | Sunrise Police Department | Municipal | 190 | $79,071 | +$27,030 | #520 |
| 9 | Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office | County | 1,720 | $78,828 | +$26,787 | #526 |
| 10 | Aventura Police Department | Municipal | 91 | $78,556 | +$26,515 | #536 |
| 11 | Longboat Key Police Department | Municipal | 19 | $78,430 | +$26,389 | #543 |
| 12 | Manalapan Police Department | Municipal | 13 | $78,280 | +$26,239 | #549 |
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