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Gladstone 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.
Gladstone Police Department starts at $63,560 a year — about $30.56 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $4,830 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $7,704 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Missouri run about 9% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $69,987 would somewhere at average prices — $6,427 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 70 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 isGladstone Police Department reported 31 sworn officers and 15 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.1 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 27,699.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 Gladstone says about itself
To protect the lives and property of the citizens and visitors of our city while consistently delivering exceptional public safety services in a fair and courteous manner.
What Gladstone does
Gladstone Police Department provides patrol, traffic enforcement, initial criminal investigations and other law-enforcement services through POST-certified Police Officers.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. City of Gladstone Police pay scale and Police Department materials — open the source document
Official City Police pay scale separately lists Entrant Officer at $52,430 and Police Officer/Detective Step A at $63,560. The Police Officer Step A figure is used. Class: Police Officer. Trainee class: YES, Entrant Officer is separately listed at $52,430. City Police page states all Police Officers are POST-certified and patrol is staffed by POST-certified 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 Gladstone 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. Gladstone starts at $63,560, so $7,727 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Gladstone Police Department officer make?
Gladstone Police Department starts a new officer on $63,560 a year, about $30.56 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 Gladstone Police pay scale and Police Department materials.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Missouri?
It ranks #10 of 27 agencies we have verified in Missouri — 17 pay less, 9 pay more in the state — and #1,077 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $4,830 below, and against other municipal agencies $7,704 below.
Compare with another department
Put Gladstone 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 MO
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Gladstone | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Creve Coeur Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $71,329 | +$7,769 | #707 |
| 2 | Liberty Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $70,000 | +$6,440 | #772 |
| 3 | Kansas City Missouri Police Department | Municipal | 1,119 | $68,928 | +$5,368 | #819 |
| 4 | O'Fallon Police Department | Municipal | 118 | $67,454 | +$3,894 | #898 |
| 5 | Brentwood Police Department | Municipal | 31 | $67,418 | +$3,858 | #900 |
| 6 | St. Charles County Police Department | County | 35 | $66,060 | +$2,500 | #962 |
| 7 | Missouri State Highway Patrol | State | 1,134 | $65,400 | +$1,840 | #998 |
| 8 | Riverside Police Department | Municipal | 25 | $65,000 | +$1,440 | #1,022 |
| 9 | Ferguson Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $64,316 | +$756 | #1,052 |
| 11 | Ballwin Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $63,508 | −$52 | #1,081 |
| 12 | St. Louis County Police Department | County | 843 | $63,003 | −$557 | #1,110 |
| 13 | Columbia Police Department | Municipal | 164 | $60,611 | −$2,949 | #1,208 |
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