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Frisco 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.
Frisco Police Department starts at $90,750 a year — about $43.63 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $24,065 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $22,610 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Texas run about 3% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $93,502 would somewhere at average prices — $2,752 more than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: utilities at 88, 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 isFrisco Police Department reported 270 sworn officers and 119 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.1 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 244,103.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 Frisco says about itself
While promoting individual responsibility and community commitment, the Frisco Police Department will work together in a spirit that resolves problems, reduces crime and the fear of crime, and provides a safe environment for everyone.
What Frisco does
The Frisco Police Department states that it works with individual responsibility and community commitment to resolve problems, reduce crime and fear of crime, and provide a safe environment, while pursuing leadership through innovation, personnel development, service, teamwork, and community partnerships.
Frisco’s rotation, in BlueShifts
The Department's own recruitment FAQ answers it by weekday: patrol officers work 12-hour shifts and 80 hours in each two-week pay period, working Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday in one week of the period and Wednesday and Thursday in the other. One of the patrol days is an 8-hour day rather than 12, which is what brings the fortnight to exactly 80 hours.
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Where the figure comes from
Checked 14 August 2026. City of Frisco — Police Officer — Step 0, <12 months — open the source document
Effective 29 December 2025 — Police Pay Plan FY26 | Class: Police Officer — Step 0, <12 months | Post-academy: yes — FY26 plan states no-experience recruits move to Police Officer after academy and swearing-in; Police Officer Step 0 is $90,750 | Official FY26 Police Pay Plan publishes Police Officer Recruit/no experience at $86,600 and Police Officer Step 0 (<12 months) at $90,750. It expressly states that after successful academy completion and swearing-in, the no-experience recruit moves to Police Officer.
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 Frisco 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. Frisco starts at $90,750, so $22,610 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Frisco Police Department officer make?
Frisco Police Department starts a new officer on $90,750 a year, about $43.63 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 Frisco — Police Officer — Step 0, <12 months.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Texas?
It ranks #2 of 151 agencies we have verified in Texas — 149 pay less, 1 pay more in the state — and #252 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $24,065 above, and against other municipal agencies $22,610 above.
What shifts do Frisco Police Department officers work?
The Department's own recruitment FAQ answers it by weekday: patrol officers work 12-hour shifts and 80 hours in each two-week pay period, working Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday in one week of the period and Wednesday and Thursday in the other. One of the patrol days is an 8-hour day rather than 12, which is what brings the fortnight to exactly 80 hours. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Frisco 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 TX
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Frisco | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allen Police Department | Municipal | 153 | $91,106 | +$356 | #241 |
| 3 | Plano Police Department | Municipal | 400 | $90,729 | −$21 | #253 |
| 4 | Grand Prairie Police Department | Municipal | 287 | $90,000 | −$750 | #270 |
| 5 | Hurst Police Department | Municipal | 61 | $87,048 | −$3,702 | #322 |
| 6 | Lewisville Police Department | Municipal | 181 | $86,268 | −$4,482 | #335 |
| 7 | Coppell Police Department | Municipal | 60 | $84,968 | −$5,782 | #355 |
| 8 | Rockwall Police Department | Municipal | 95 | $84,448 | −$6,302 | #362 |
| 9 | Farmers Branch Police Department | Municipal | 83 | $84,440 | −$6,310 | #363 |
| 10 | The Colony Police Department | Municipal | 86 | $84,082 | −$6,668 | #371 |
| 11 | Baytown Police Department | Municipal | 172 | $84,049 | −$6,701 | #372 |
| 12 | McKinney Police Department | Municipal | 248 | $83,992 | −$6,758 | #374 |
| 13 | Mesquite Police Department | Municipal | 260 | $83,869 | −$6,881 | #377 |
Base pay is only part of the year
Whatever the figure above, the rotation is what decides your year — which weekends you lose, when the changeovers land, what you can plan around. Save yours once and BlueShifts shows it a year ahead, with the off-duty jobs you take and what each one paid.
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