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Harris County Constable Precinct 8 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.
Harris County Constable Precinct 8 starts at $78,452 a year — about $37.72 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $10,062 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $18,257 above the median for special jurisdiction agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Texas run about 3% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $80,831 would somewhere at average prices — $2,379 more than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: utilities at 88, where goods are 98. 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.
About Harris County Constable Precinct 8
The Harris County Precinct 8 Constable's Office is one of eight elected constable offices in Harris County, covering the south-east of the county from Pasadena. A Texas constable is elected by the voters of a justice of the peace precinct for a four-year term, and the deputies the constable hires are the sworn staff. The work runs on two tracks: the civil side that the office exists for — serving citations, subpoenas, evictions and writs, clearing warrants and providing a bailiff for the justice court — and, in a precinct this size, marked patrol, traffic and DWI enforcement alongside it. A Texas peace officer license carries county-wide authority, so the precinct describes where the office is based rather than the limit of its powers. Harris County's eight precincts together employ close to 1,800 deputy constables, and much of that patrol is bought: under the county's contract deputy programme, subdivisions, municipal utility districts and homeowners' associations pay most of the cost of a deputy assigned to their neighbourhood.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 20 August 2026. Harris County Precinct 8 Constable's Office — deputy recruiting flyer, effective 1 October 2025 (TCOLE document library) — open the source document
Harris County Precinct 8 Constable's Office deputy recruiting flyer, effective 1 October 2025, published in the TCOLE document library: starting pay $78,452, rising to $114,424. The flyer states in its own words that NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED, and asks only for a current Basic Peace Officer license from TCOLE, a high school diploma or GED, US citizenship and a valid Texas driver's license. A license is not experience, so $78,452 is the entry rate for a deputy constable with no prior sworn service.
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 Harris County Constable Precinct 8 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. Harris County Constable Precinct 8 starts at $78,452, so $18,257 above the special jurisdiction middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Harris County Constable Precinct 8 officer make?
Harris County Constable Precinct 8 starts a new officer on $78,452 a year, about $37.72 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 Harris County Precinct 8 Constable's Office — deputy recruiting flyer, effective 1 October 2025 (TCOLE document library).
Is that good pay for a police officer in Texas?
It ranks #41 of 140 agencies we have verified in Texas — 99 pay less, 40 pay more in the state — and #446 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $10,062 above, and against other special jurisdiction agencies $18,257 above.
Compare with another department
Put Harris County Constable Precinct 8 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 TX
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Harris | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allen Police Department | Municipal | 153 | $91,106 | +$12,654 | #192 |
| 2 | Frisco Police Department | Municipal | 270 | $90,750 | +$12,298 | #200 |
| 3 | Plano Police Department | Municipal | 414 | $90,729 | +$12,277 | #201 |
| 4 | Grand Prairie Police Department | Municipal | 287 | $90,000 | +$11,548 | #216 |
| 5 | Hurst Police Department | Municipal | — | $87,048 | +$8,596 | #264 |
| 6 | Lewisville Police Department | Municipal | 181 | $86,268 | +$7,816 | #276 |
| 7 | Coppell Police Department | Municipal | 60 | $84,968 | +$6,516 | #293 |
| 8 | Rockwall Police Department | Municipal | 95 | $84,448 | +$5,996 | #300 |
| 9 | The Colony Police Department | Municipal | — | $84,082 | +$5,630 | #306 |
| 10 | Baytown Police Department | Municipal | — | $84,049 | +$5,597 | #307 |
| 11 | McKinney Police Department | Municipal | 248 | $83,992 | +$5,540 | #309 |
| 12 | Mesquite Police Department | Municipal | 260 | $83,869 | +$5,417 | #312 |
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