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East Providence 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.
East Providence Police Department starts at $69,155 a year — about $33.25 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $2,470 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $1,015 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Rhode Island run about 2% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $67,613 somewhere at average prices — $1,542 less than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: utilities at 147, where goods are 97. 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 isEast Providence Police Department reported 86 sworn officers and 18 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.8 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 48,113.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 East Providence says about itself
The mission of the East Providence Police Department is to protect life, property and preserve the peace while creating and maintaining a proactive partnership with our residential and business community in an effort to enhance public safety and reduce the fear and incidence of crime within the City of East Providence.
What East Providence does
East Providence Police Officers protect life and property, enforce laws and ordinances and conduct investigations.
Shifts at East Providence
In early 2015 the Patrol Division underwent a significant organizational transformation aimed at increasing the consistency of officer-citizen interaction, resulting in the long-term assignment of patrol officers and their immediate supervisors by shift and neighborhood.
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Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. City of East Providence Police Officer - Entry Level — open the source document
City entry-level posting publishes Entry Level Patrol Salary of $69,154.56, with top step after three years separately listed. Class: Entry Level Patrol Officer. Trainee class: Entry-level recruitment is separate from certified lateral recruitment. City job description states Police Officers protect life and property, enforce criminal and traffic laws and ordinances, and conduct investigations.
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 East Providence 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. East Providence starts at $69,155, so $1,015 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a East Providence Police Department officer make?
East Providence Police Department starts a new officer on $69,155 a year, about $33.25 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 East Providence Police Officer - Entry Level.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Rhode Island?
It ranks #7 of 17 agencies we have verified in Rhode Island — 10 pay less, 6 pay more in the state — and #983 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $2,470 above, and against other municipal agencies $1,015 above.
What shifts do East Providence Police Department officers work?
In early 2015 the Patrol Division underwent a significant organizational transformation aimed at increasing the consistency of officer-citizen interaction, resulting in the long-term assignment of patrol officers and their immediate supervisors by shift and neighborhood. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put East Providence 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 RI
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs East | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management — Division of Law Enforcement / Environmental Police | State | 32 | $90,850 | +$21,696 | #249 |
| 2 | Smithfield Police Department | Municipal | 46 | $82,885 | +$13,730 | #407 |
| 3 | Rhode Island State Police | State | 267 | $81,579 | +$12,424 | #437 |
| 4 | Providence Police Department | Municipal | 435 | $81,468 | +$12,314 | #441 |
| 5 | North Providence Police Department | Municipal | — | $71,787 | +$2,632 | #829 |
| 6 | Burrillville Police Department | Municipal | 24 | $70,484 | +$1,329 | #908 |
| 8 | Lincoln Police Department | Municipal | 40 | $69,000 | −$155 | #991 |
| 9 | Pawtucket Police Department | Municipal | 145 | $66,402 | −$2,753 | #1,167 |
| 10 | Warwick Police Department | Municipal | 169 | $65,739 | −$3,415 | #1,204 |
| 11 | North Kingstown Police Department | Municipal | — | $65,012 | −$4,143 | #1,255 |
| 12 | Portsmouth Police Department | Municipal | 39 | $64,358 | −$4,797 | #1,297 |
| 13 | Cranston Police Department | Municipal | 147 | $63,309 | −$5,846 | #1,364 |
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