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Gettysburg Borough 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.
Gettysburg Borough Police Department starts at $63,232 a year — about $30.40 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $5,158 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $8,032 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Pennsylvania run about 2% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $64,805 would somewhere at average prices — $1,573 more than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: rent at 85, 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.
What Gettysburg Borough says about itself
The mission of the Gettysburg Police Department is to provide all residents, businesses, and visitors to the Borough of Gettysburg with the outstanding, responsive, professional public safety service they deserve.
What Gettysburg Borough does
Gettysburg Borough Police Department provides municipal law-enforcement and public-safety services for residents, businesses and the many visitors to Gettysburg. Official Borough materials describe patrol, law enforcement, traffic and community-service responsibilities and emphasize professional service and public safety
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. Borough of Gettysburg official 2026 Entry Level Patr — open the source document
2026 official packet states academy cadet pay is $25.84/hour at 85% of Grade 1 base, and after Act 120 certification and swearing-in the officer is elevated to Grade Level 1; Grade 1 computes to $30.40/hour = $63,232
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 Gettysburg Borough 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. Gettysburg Borough starts at $63,232, so $8,055 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Gettysburg Borough Police Department officer make?
Gettysburg Borough Police Department starts a new officer on $63,232 a year, about $30.40 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 Borough of Gettysburg official 2026 Entry Level Patr.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Pennsylvania?
It ranks #8 of 23 agencies we have verified in Pennsylvania — 15 pay less, 7 pay more in the state — and #1,101 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $5,158 below, and against other municipal agencies $8,032 below.
Compare with another department
Put Gettysburg Borough 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 PA
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Gettysburg | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abington Township Police Department | Municipal | — | $103,421 | +$40,189 | #71 |
| 2 | Lower Merion Township Police Department | Municipal | 118 | $90,162 | +$26,930 | #212 |
| 3 | Pennsylvania State Police | State | 4,634 | $73,087 | +$9,855 | #624 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Police Department | Municipal | 5,065 | $72,651 | +$9,419 | #643 |
| 5 | Allentown Police Department | Municipal | 215 | $72,607 | +$9,375 | #645 |
| 6 | Manheim Township Police Department | Municipal | 63 | $72,334 | +$9,102 | #651 |
| 7 | Pittsburgh Bureau of Police | Municipal | — | $68,952 | +$5,720 | #817 |
| 9 | Northampton County Sheriff's Department | County | 59 | $60,606 | −$2,626 | #1,209 |
| 10 | York County Sheriff's Office | County | 107 | $58,344 | −$4,888 | #1,303 |
| 11 | Harrisburg Bureau of Police | Municipal | — | $58,100 | −$5,132 | #1,316 |
| 12 | Lancaster County Sheriff's Office | County | 55 | $57,803 | −$5,429 | #1,338 |
| 13 | Chester County Sheriff's Office | County | 59 | $57,720 | −$5,512 | #1,344 |
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