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Edina 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.
Edina Police Department starts at $88,523 a year — about $42.56 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $20,133 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $17,259 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI run about 5% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $84,451 somewhere at average prices — $4,072 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 112 against a national average of 100, where goods are 103. Based on price levels for this metropolitan 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 isEdina Police Department reported 64 sworn officers and 22 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.2 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 53,617.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 Edina says about itself
The mission of the Edina Police Department is to serve our community with integrity by enforcing the law, preserving peace, and protecting the lives, property, and rights of all individuals. Guided by the Constitution, State Law and City Ordinance, we are committed to fostering a safe and respectful environment through professional service and strong community partnerships.
What Edina does
Edina Police Department answers around 48,000 calls for service a year in this Hennepin County city south-west of Minneapolis, and makes roughly a thousand arrests, most of its reported crime being theft and other property offences. Its patrol division of 43 officers works 12-hour shifts: on a fully staffed shift one supervisor oversees six officers, each assigned to one of five zones for preventative patrol but available to be sent anywhere in the city in an emergency. The traffic unit sits within patrol, and a separate investigative division prepares cases for prosecution.
Shifts at Edina
Edina's patrol division works 12-hour shifts, with one supervisor to six officers and each officer assigned to one of five zones.
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Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. employer-controlled GovernmentJobs/NEOGOV or permitted Minnesota City Jobs posting — open the source document
Permitted Minnesota City Jobs posting publishes $88,523 as the bottom of the 2026 Police Officer range. The lateral hiring incentive is separately conditioned on at least one year of licensed-officer experience and was excluded. Class: Police Officer. Trainee class: NO, qualifying compensation is attached to the Police Officer class; separate cadet/lateral pathways were excluded where present. Employer describes Police Officer duties involving patrol, law enforcement, protection of life/property, investigations, arrests and public safety.
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 Edina 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. Edina starts at $88,523, so $17,236 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Edina Police Department officer make?
Edina Police Department starts a new officer on $88,523 a year, about $42.56 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 GovernmentJobs/NEOGOV or permitted Minnesota City Jobs posting.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Minnesota?
It ranks #24 of 100 agencies we have verified in Minnesota — 76 pay less, 23 pay more in the state — and #240 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $20,133 above, and against other municipal agencies $17,259 above.
What shifts do Edina Police Department officers work?
Edina's patrol division works 12-hour shifts, with one supervisor to six officers and each officer assigned to one of five zones. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Edina 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 MN
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Edina | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blaine Police Department | Municipal | 80 | $101,733 | +$13,210 | #86 |
| 2 | Stillwater Police Department | Municipal | 26 | $94,328 | +$5,805 | #152 |
| 3 | Columbia Heights Police Department | Municipal | 29 | $93,725 | +$5,202 | #157 |
| 4 | Carver County Sheriff's Office | County | 77 | $93,683 | +$5,160 | #158 |
| 5 | Oakdale Police Department | Municipal | 39 | $93,538 | +$5,015 | #161 |
| 6 | Richfield Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $93,226 | +$4,703 | #163 |
| 7 | Maplewood Police Department | Municipal | 56 | $93,038 | +$4,515 | #167 |
| 8 | Forest Lake Police Department | Municipal | 20 | $92,789 | +$4,266 | #169 |
| 9 | Apple Valley Police Department | Municipal | 59 | $92,768 | +$4,245 | #170 |
| 10 | Coon Rapids Police Department | Municipal | 73 | $92,123 | +$3,600 | #179 |
| 11 | Saint Paul Police Department | Municipal | 562 | $91,291 | +$2,768 | #188 |
| 12 | Woodbury Police Department | Municipal | 80 | $91,187 | +$2,664 | #190 |
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