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Fishers 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.
Fishers Police Department starts at $74,560 a year — about $35.85 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $6,170 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $3,296 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Indiana run about 7% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $79,889 would somewhere at average prices — $5,329 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 74 against a national average of 100, where goods are 96. 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 isFishers Police Department reported 124 sworn officers and 21 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.2 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 105,143.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 Fishers says about itself
The Fishers Police Department brings innovative practices to every aspect of modern-day law enforcement. As a result, Fishers is regarded as one of the safest cities in America and committed to providing quality service to the ever-expanding community.
What Fishers does
Fishers Police Department provides municipal policing for Fishers and recruits officers on a four-step compensation scale. The department also offers specialized assignments, ongoing training and a take-home-car program.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. Fishers Police Department Salary & Benefits page, 2026 approved salary ordinance figures — open the source document
Their source is effective 10 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.
How this level compares
Where Fishers 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. Fishers starts at $74,560, so $3,273 above the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Fishers Police Department officer make?
Fishers Police Department starts a new officer on $74,560 a year, about $35.85 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 Fishers Police Department Salary & Benefits page, 2026 approved salary ordinance figures.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Indiana?
It ranks #4 of 39 agencies we have verified in Indiana — 35 pay less, 3 pay more in the state — and #575 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $6,170 above, and against other municipal agencies $3,296 above.
Compare with another department
Put Fishers 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 IN
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Fishers | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bloomington Police Department | Municipal | 95 | $81,234 | +$6,674 | #372 |
| 2 | MSD Wayne Township School Police Department | Special jurisdiction | — | $77,700 | +$3,140 | #464 |
| 3 | Columbus Police Department | Municipal | 88 | $74,984 | +$424 | #562 |
| 5 | Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department | Municipal | — | $74,459 | −$101 | #581 |
| 6 | Lafayette Police Department | Municipal | 142 | $72,539 | −$2,021 | #646 |
| 7 | West Lafayette Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $72,391 | −$2,169 | #649 |
| 8 | Purdue University Police Department | Special jurisdiction | — | $72,137 | −$2,423 | #659 |
| 9 | Carmel Police Department | Municipal | 147 | $72,000 | −$2,560 | #667 |
| 10 | Indiana State Police | State | 1,171 | $70,000 | −$4,560 | #769 |
| 11 | Indiana Gaming Commission — Enforcement Division | State | — | $70,000 | −$4,560 | #770 |
| 12 | Hamilton County Sheriff's Office | County | 62 | $70,000 | −$4,560 | #775 |
| 13 | Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office | County | 67 | $68,339 | −$6,221 | #845 |
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