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Eugene 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.
Eugene Police Department starts at $78,187 a year — about $37.59 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $9,797 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $6,923 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Eugene-Springfield, OR run about 2% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $76,980 somewhere at average prices — $1,207 less than the headline figure. 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 isEugene Police Department reported 197 sworn officers and 120 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.1 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 178,886.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 Eugene says about itself
In fulfillment of the public trust, the Eugene Police Department works in partnership with our community to promote safety and security, enforce laws, prevent crimes, and safeguard the constitutional rights of all people.
What Eugene does
The Eugene Police Department describes itself as a progressive, professional law-enforcement agency serving Eugene. In fulfillment of the public trust, the department works in partnership with the community to promote safety and security, enforce laws, prevent crimes and safeguard the constitutional rights of all people. Entry-level Police Officers perform law-enforcement duties including emergency response, investigations, patrol, arrests, evidence preservation and preventative community policing
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. City of Eugene official Police Offi — open the source document
Opened 6 January 2026; applicants considered for a 29 June 2026 hire date; the official posting states all entry-level Police Officers start at Step 1, $37.59/hour = $78,187.20 annually. Applicants with at least three years of qualifying full-time police service are directed to the separate lateral recruitment. Bilingual pay, premium pay, overtime and other add-ons are excluded
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 Eugene 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. Eugene starts at $78,187, so $6,900 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Eugene Police Department officer make?
Eugene Police Department starts a new officer on $78,187 a year, about $37.59 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 Eugene official Police Offi.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Oregon?
It ranks #18 of 46 agencies we have verified in Oregon — 28 pay less, 17 pay more in the state — and #453 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $9,797 above, and against other municipal agencies $6,923 above.
Compare with another department
Put Eugene 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 Eugene | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tigard Police Department | Municipal | 71 | $86,596 | +$8,409 | #271 |
| 2 | Bend Police Department | Municipal | 107 | $86,432 | +$8,245 | #273 |
| 3 | Washington County Sheriff's Office | County | 219 | $85,738 | +$7,550 | #280 |
| 4 | Gresham Police Department | Municipal | 123 | $84,968 | +$6,781 | #292 |
| 5 | Portland Police Bureau | Municipal | 809 | $84,000 | +$5,813 | #308 |
| 6 | Hillsboro Police Department | Municipal | 144 | $83,988 | +$5,801 | #311 |
| 7 | Corvallis Police Department | Municipal | 67 | $82,747 | +$4,560 | #337 |
| 8 | Lane County Sheriff's Office | County | 75 | $82,181 | +$3,994 | #344 |
| 9 | Multnomah County Sheriff's Office | County | 132 | $82,035 | +$3,848 | #348 |
| 10 | Tualatin Police Department | Municipal | 38 | $81,973 | +$3,786 | #349 |
| 11 | Oregon City Police Department | Municipal | 38 | $81,564 | +$3,377 | #359 |
| 12 | Salem Police Department | Municipal | 185 | $81,349 | +$3,162 | #366 |
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