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Fellsmere 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.
Fellsmere Police Department starts at $42,500 a year — about $20.43 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $24,185 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $25,640 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Florida run about 3% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $41,097 somewhere at average prices — $1,403 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 122 against a national average of 100, where goods are 98. 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 isFellsmere Police Department reported 9 sworn officers and 1 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.8 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 5,078.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 Fellsmere says about itself
Protect our community from harm, assist those in need of service, and help bring justice to victims.
What Fellsmere does
The Fellsmere Police Department is the municipal force for the City of Fellsmere in Indian River County, a city of about 4,800 spread across 58 square miles of former farmland west of Sebastian, and the first place in Florida where a woman legally cast a ballot, in 1915. The department works to values of integrity, respect, honesty and professionalism adopted with its mission in 2013, is staffed around the clock across four shifts with a detective and a reserve unit, and runs community events including a Cops and Bobbers fishing day for local children.
Shifts at Fellsmere
The City's own council workshop presentation sets out the roster: the department is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week across Alpha 1, Alpha 2, Bravo 1 and Bravo 2 shifts; the chief, lieutenant and detective work Monday to Friday days; patrol officers work overlapping twelve-hour shifts; and one officer covers days at weekends and on holidays.
Overlapping twelve-hour shifts across four squads mean your hours do not line up with anyone else's, and the single weekend day post moves around the roster. BlueShifts holds your own shift rather than a generic pattern, and shares the days you are actually free with the people who need them.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 30 August 2026. Full Time Police Officer, Fellsmere Police Department. — open the source document
Their source is effective 28 August 2026.
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 Fellsmere 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. Fellsmere starts at $42,500, so $25,640 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Fellsmere Police Department officer make?
Fellsmere Police Department starts a new officer on $42,500 a year, about $20.43 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 Full Time Police Officer, Fellsmere Police Department..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Florida?
It ranks #296 of 303 agencies we have verified in Florida — 7 pay less, 295 pay more in the state — and #2,239 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $24,185 below, and against other municipal agencies $25,640 below.
What shifts do Fellsmere Police Department officers work?
The City's own council workshop presentation sets out the roster: the department is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week across Alpha 1, Alpha 2, Bravo 1 and Bravo 2 shifts; the chief, lieutenant and detective work Monday to Friday days; patrol officers work overlapping twelve-hour shifts; and one officer covers days at weekends and on holidays. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Fellsmere 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 FL
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Fellsmere | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boca Raton Police Services Department | Municipal | 195 | $91,007 | +$48,507 | #244 |
| 2 | Fort Lauderdale Police Department | Municipal | 565 | $81,723 | +$39,223 | #433 |
| 3 | Plantation Police Department | Municipal | 164 | $81,000 | +$38,500 | #459 |
| 4 | Hillsboro Beach Police Department | Municipal | 15 | $80,954 | +$38,454 | #461 |
| 5 | Pinecrest Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $80,912 | +$38,412 | #464 |
| 6 | Sunny Isles Beach Police Department | Municipal | 65 | $80,000 | +$37,500 | #496 |
| 7 | Indian Creek Village Public Safety Department | Municipal | 10 | $79,850 | +$37,350 | #500 |
| 8 | Sunrise Police Department | Municipal | 190 | $79,071 | +$36,571 | #520 |
| 9 | Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office | County | 1,720 | $78,828 | +$36,328 | #526 |
| 10 | Aventura Police Department | Municipal | 91 | $78,556 | +$36,056 | #536 |
| 11 | Longboat Key Police Department | Municipal | 19 | $78,430 | +$35,930 | #543 |
| 12 | Manalapan Police Department | Municipal | 13 | $78,280 | +$35,780 | #549 |
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