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Doraville 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.
Doraville Police Department starts at $48,800 a year — about $23.46 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $17,885 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $19,340 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Georgia run about 4% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $50,679 would somewhere at average prices — $1,879 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 89 against a national average of 100, where goods are 99. 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 isDoraville Police Department reported 48 sworn officers and 19 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 3.7 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 12,959.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 Doraville says about itself
The mission of the Doraville Police Department is to protect the lives and property of our residents, reduce crime and its associated fears, and enhance public safety across our community.
What Doraville does
The Doraville Police Department is the municipal force for the City of Doraville in DeKalb County, Georgia, working from Van Fleet Circle. It has Uniform, Criminal Investigations and Support Services divisions with K-9 and SWAT, and has been state-certified since July 2006.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 23 September 2026. City of Doraville, Wages and Benefits: "1. Competitive Salary (Starting range between $48,800 – $68,800)* – *Note: Salary shown is post-academy for Basic Recruits". — open the source document
$48,800 is the bottom of a range the City labels its STARTING range, and the City's own footnote says the salary shown is POST-ACADEMY for Basic Recruits - so it is the certified rate a new officer is paid once through the academy, not a pre-academy wage. A basic recruit enters at the bottom; the top of the range, $68,800, is where prior service places a lateral and is never the figure. No effective date is printed. Excluded: the $1,300 language bonus, the $1,500 and $2,600 degree supplements, the take-home car, and benefits.
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 Doraville 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. Doraville starts at $48,800, so $19,340 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Doraville Police Department officer make?
Doraville Police Department starts a new officer on $48,800 a year, about $23.46 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 Doraville, Wages and Benefits: "1. Competitive Salary (Starting range between $48,800 – $68,800)* – *Note: Salary shown is post-academy for Basic Recruits"..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Georgia?
It ranks #73 of 80 agencies we have verified in Georgia — 7 pay less, 72 pay more in the state — and #2,125 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $17,885 below, and against other municipal agencies $19,340 below.
Compare with another department
Put Doraville 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 GA
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Doraville | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chamblee Police Department | Municipal | 68 | $73,733 | +$24,933 | #729 |
| 2 | Sandy Springs Police Department | Municipal | 149 | $71,686 | +$22,886 | #836 |
| 3 | Georgia Bureau of Investigation | State | 338 | $64,977 | +$16,177 | #1,265 |
| 4 | Duluth Police Department | Municipal | 57 | $64,755 | +$15,955 | #1,279 |
| 5 | Garden City Police Department | Municipal | 35 | $64,072 | +$15,272 | #1,314 |
| 6 | Georgia State Patrol | State | — | $63,684 | +$14,884 | #1,336 |
| 7 | South Fulton Police Department | Municipal | 213 | $63,440 | +$14,640 | #1,354 |
| 8 | Hall County Sheriff's Office | County | 283 | $63,365 | +$14,565 | #1,359 |
| 9 | Roswell Police Department | Municipal | 154 | $62,462 | +$13,662 | #1,413 |
| 10 | Dunwoody Police Department | Municipal | 66 | $62,301 | +$13,501 | #1,428 |
| 11 | Savannah Police Department | Municipal | 425 | $61,989 | +$13,189 | #1,450 |
| 12 | Alpharetta Police Department | Municipal | 105 | $61,100 | +$12,300 | #1,495 |
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