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Harbor Beach 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.
Harbor Beach Police Department starts at $63,939 a year — about $30.74 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $4,451 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $7,325 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Michigan run about 4% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $66,453 would somewhere at average prices — $2,514 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 82 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 isHarbor Beach Police Department reported 5 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. That is 3.2 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 1,558.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 Harbor Beach says about itself
The Harbor Beach Area Fire and Police Departments offer residents security. DESCRIPTION: The Harbor Beach Police Department provides public-safety security to Harbor Beach residents and maintains police coverage around the clock, with the City stating that the department is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
What Harbor Beach does
Harbor Beach Police Department provides public-safety and security services to the city, alongside the area fire department.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 13 August 2026. $30.74/hour starting Full-Time Police Officer pay. Official 2026 MCOLES posting states cadets receive paid academy tuition/wages and, upon successful academy completion and MCOLES licensing, are promoted to Full-Time Police Officer. — open the source document
$30.74/hour starting Full-Time Police Officer pay. Official 2026 MCOLES posting states cadets receive paid academy tuition/wages and, upon successful academy completion and MCOLES licensing, are promoted to Full-Time 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 Harbor Beach 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. Harbor Beach starts at $63,939, so $7,348 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Harbor Beach Police Department officer make?
Harbor Beach Police Department starts a new officer on $63,939 a year, about $30.74 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 $30.74/hour starting Full-Time Police Officer pay. Official 2026 MCOLES posting states cadets receive paid academy tuition/wages and, upon successful academy completion and MCOLES licensing, are promoted to Full-Time Police Officer..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Michigan?
It ranks #14 of 38 agencies we have verified in Michigan — 24 pay less, 13 pay more in the state — and #1,063 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $4,451 below, and against other municipal agencies $7,325 below.
Compare with another department
Put Harbor Beach 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 MI
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Harbor | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Troy Police Department | Municipal | 110 | $78,224 | +$14,285 | #452 |
| 2 | Grand Rapids Police Department | Municipal | 299 | $77,467 | +$13,528 | #471 |
| 3 | Wyoming Police Department | Municipal | 97 | $75,400 | +$11,461 | #539 |
| 4 | Sumpter Township Police Department | Municipal | 18 | $71,732 | +$7,793 | #684 |
| 5 | Lincoln Charter Township Police Department | Municipal | — | $71,696 | +$7,757 | #686 |
| 6 | Macomb County Sheriff's Office | County | 274 | $71,098 | +$7,159 | #718 |
| 7 | Muskegon Police Department | Municipal | 70 | $69,888 | +$5,949 | #781 |
| 8 | Livonia Police Department | Municipal | 117 | $69,784 | +$5,845 | #783 |
| 9 | Dearborn Police Department | Municipal | 186 | $69,080 | +$5,141 | #810 |
| 10 | Plymouth Township Police Department | Municipal | 33 | $68,140 | +$4,201 | #852 |
| 11 | Oscoda Township Police Department | Municipal | 12 | $68,140 | +$4,201 | #853 |
| 12 | Northville Police Department | Municipal | 12 | $65,956 | +$2,017 | #969 |
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