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Everett 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.
Everett Police Department starts at $95,568 a year — about $45.95 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $27,178 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $24,304 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Massachusetts run about 6% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $90,366 somewhere at average prices — $5,202 less than the headline figure. Most of that is utilities, at 152 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 isEverett Police Department reported 120 sworn officers and 11 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.3 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 52,437.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.
About Everett
Everett Police Department provides municipal law-enforcement services and hires both experienced transfers and officers through the Massachusetts civil-service system.
Shifts at Everett
Patrol shifts rotate and consist of four 10-hour shifts: a day shift, evening shift and an overnight shift. All shifts overlap by forty-five minutes between day and evening, with a five hour overlap between 9pm and 2am, and manpower is doubled on the evening shift.
Rotating through three 10-hour watches means the shift you are on changes rather than staying fixed, and the overlaps put extra officers on the street at the busiest hours rather than at the shift line. BlueShifts holds the actual watch you are assigned for each block, so a rotation that moves you between days, evenings and overnights stays readable months ahead.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. official City of Everett Police salary/recruitment page plus Commonwealth Civil Service Everett Police eligible-list materials — open the source document
The City explicitly states, "The starting salary for Everett Police Officers is $95,568." Massachusetts Civil Service separately confirms Everett has an entry-level Police Officer pathway, so the class is not lateral-only merely because the current City recruitment page is for transfers. Class: Police Officer. Trainee class: NO, Massachusetts Civil Service maintains Everett Police on the entry-level Police Officer system; the current City salary page separately states the starting salary for Everett Police Officers. Massachusetts Civil Service lists Everett Police as a civil-service Police Department and maintains entry-level Police Officer eligibility; the City employs sworn Police Officers
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 Everett 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. Everett starts at $95,568, so $24,281 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Everett Police Department officer make?
Everett Police Department starts a new officer on $95,568 a year, about $45.95 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 official City of Everett Police salary/recruitment page plus Commonwealth Civil Service Everett Police eligible-list materials.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Massachusetts?
It ranks #1 of 9 agencies we have verified in Massachusetts — the highest in the state in the state — and #140 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $27,178 above, and against other municipal agencies $24,304 above.
What shifts do Everett Police Department officers work?
Patrol shifts rotate and consist of four 10-hour shifts: a day shift, evening shift and an overnight shift. All shifts overlap by forty-five minutes between day and evening, with a five hour overlap between 9pm and 2am, and manpower is doubled on the evening shift. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Everett 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 MA
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Everett | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Nantucket Police Department | Municipal | 40 | $92,144 | −$3,424 | #178 |
| 3 | Massachusetts State Police | State | 2,565 | $80,213 | −$15,355 | #407 |
| 4 | Tufts University Police Department | Special jurisdiction | 52 | $75,962 | −$19,606 | #521 |
| 5 | Boston Police Department | Municipal | 2,172 | $71,861 | −$23,707 | #673 |
| 6 | West Stockbridge Police Department | Municipal | — | $66,797 | −$28,771 | #928 |
| 7 | Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs — Environmental Police | State | — | $65,447 | −$30,121 | #992 |
| 8 | Brockton Police Department | Municipal | 179 | $63,971 | −$31,597 | #1,060 |
| 9 | Melrose Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $61,511 | −$34,057 | #1,172 |
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