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Guam 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.
Guam Police Department starts at $36,588 a year — about $17.59 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $31,802 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $8,352 above the median for territory agencies.
What Guam says about itself
The Guam Police Department exists to serve the community by protecting life and property; by preventing crime; by enforcing the laws; and by maintaining order for all citizens.
What Guam does
The Guam Police Department polices the whole territory from its headquarters at Tiyan, working four precincts - Dededo and Tamuning in the north, Central at Sinajana and Agat in the south - under a single Neighborhood Patrol Division. Separate divisions run highway patrol, criminal and juvenile investigation, forensic science, and special operations, the last holding both a SWAT team and a Special Enforcement Amphibious Section for work on the water. A Civilian Volunteer Police Reserve sits alongside the sworn force.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 19 August 2026. Government of Guam, Department of Administration — Police Officer Trainee open competitive examination, announcement DOA206-25 — open the source document
Government of Guam job announcement DOA206-25, opened 23 May 2025; checked 19 August 2026 Class: Police Officer Trainee — pay grade FL25 Step 1 | Post-academy: no separate rate, GPD's own recruiting site gives FL25 Step 1 $36,588 a year, $17.59 an hour, as the starting pay grade, and a trainee automatically attains the rank of Police Officer I on completing the Guam POST Commission approved programme. 10% retention pay applies from the start of the training cycle and 10% hazardous pay when on-the-job training starts; neither is base pay.
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 Guam 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. Guam starts at $36,588, so $8,352 above the territory middle.
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Common questions
How much does a Guam Police Department officer make?
Guam Police Department starts a new officer on $36,588 a year, about $17.59 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 Government of Guam, Department of Administration — Police Officer Trainee open competitive examination, announcement DOA206-25.
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