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Hagerstown 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.
Hagerstown Police Department starts at $61,797 a year — about $29.71 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $4,888 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $6,343 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Maryland run about 5% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $58,877 somewhere at average prices — $2,920 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 121 against a national average of 100, where goods are 103. 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 isHagerstown Police Department reported 106 sworn officers and 16 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.4 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 44,007.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 Hagerstown says about itself
The fundamental mission of the Hagerstown Department of Police is to protect life and property, enforce the law in a fair and impartial manner, preserve the peace, order, and safety of the community we serve, safeguard the constitutional guarantees, and provide other police related services as required by the community in a manner consistent with the values of a free society.
What Hagerstown does
The Hagerstown Police Department serves the City of Hagerstown, Maryland.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 19 September 2026. City of Hagerstown, Hagerstown Police Department salary schedule FY26, Step 1 — open the source document
FY26, effective 7 July 2025; the same schedule sets Step 1 at $62,982.40 for FY27 and $64,230.40 for FY28.
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 Hagerstown 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. Hagerstown starts at $61,797, so $6,343 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Hagerstown Police Department officer make?
Hagerstown Police Department starts a new officer on $61,797 a year, about $29.71 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 Hagerstown, Hagerstown Police Department salary schedule FY26, Step 1.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Maryland?
It ranks #24 of 29 agencies we have verified in Maryland — 5 pay less, 23 pay more in the state — and #1,462 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $4,888 below, and against other municipal agencies $6,343 below.
Compare with another department
Put Hagerstown 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 MD
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Hagerstown | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rockville City Police Department | Municipal | — | $75,256 | +$13,459 | #662 |
| 2 | Maryland Transit Administration Police Force | State | — | $72,829 | +$11,032 | #772 |
| 3 | Anne Arundel County Police Department | Municipal | 776 | $72,802 | +$11,005 | #773 |
| 4 | Frederick Police Department | Municipal | 151 | $71,351 | +$9,554 | #852 |
| 5 | Maryland Transportation Authority Police | State | 392 | $71,258 | +$9,461 | #860 |
| 6 | St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office | County | 167 | $71,011 | +$9,214 | #874 |
| 7 | Laurel Police Department | Municipal | 63 | $70,269 | +$8,472 | #920 |
| 8 | Prince George's County Police Department | County | 1,343 | $70,257 | +$8,460 | #922 |
| 9 | Worcester County Sheriff's Office | County | 91 | $70,221 | +$8,424 | #925 |
| 10 | Wicomico County Sheriff's Office | County | 97 | $70,000 | +$8,203 | #937 |
| 11 | Gaithersburg Police Department | Municipal | 66 | $70,000 | +$8,203 | #940 |
| 12 | Maryland State Police | State | 1,434 | $69,360 | +$7,563 | #969 |
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