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Jaffrey 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.
Jaffrey Police Department starts at $65,850 a year — about $31.66 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $834 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $2,290 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in New Hampshire run about 4% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $63,217 somewhere at average prices — $2,633 less than the headline figure. Most of that is utilities, at 134 against a national average of 100, where goods are 99. 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 isJaffrey Police Department reported 10 sworn officers and 2 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.8 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 5,606.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 Jaffrey says about itself
Our agency is a full-time police department staffed 24-hours a day by a minimum of two officers.
What Jaffrey does
The Jaffrey Police Department covers a town of roughly 5,500 residents at the base of Mount Monadnock in south-western New Hampshire, about 15 miles from Keene. The Chief describes it as a full-time agency staffed 24 hours a day by a minimum of two officers, allocated eleven full-time officers, part-time officers and a civilian office manager, with the ranks running chief, lieutenant, sergeants, a detective and patrolmen. Its stated core responsibility is to protect and serve the community in a way that enhances residents' safety and quality of life, under the core values of Honor, Integrity, Courage and Respect. Officers join the New Hampshire Public Safety Retirement system and are covered by the patrol union contract
Where the figure comes from
Checked 6 September 2026. Town of Jaffrey official Employment Opportunities page — Police Officer — open the source document
Town's own employment page read 6 September 2026; non-certified candidates start at $65,850.47 (2026) during training, rising to $67,849 (2026) on receipt of certification. Certification is therefore not required to start. Eight further pay grades run over eight years to a top patrol officer salary of $90,176 (2026); a candidate who already holds a full-time police certification can start at up to $72,022 (2026) depending on experience. Recruits attend the New Hampshire Police Standards and Training Council academy in Concord
Entry-level base salary only. Overtime, bonuses, education incentives, shift
differentials, locality pay and lateral rates are excluded, so most officers earn more
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How this level compares
Where Jaffrey 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. Jaffrey starts at $65,850, so $2,290 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Jaffrey Police Department officer make?
Jaffrey Police Department starts a new officer on $65,850 a year, about $31.66 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 Town of Jaffrey official Employment Opportunities page — Police Officer.
Is that good pay for a police officer in New Hampshire?
It ranks #8 of 17 agencies we have verified in New Hampshire — 9 pay less, 7 pay more in the state — and #1,197 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $834 below, and against other municipal agencies $2,290 below.
Compare with another department
Put Jaffrey 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 NH
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Jaffrey | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keene Police Department | Municipal | 36 | $70,956 | +$5,106 | #883 |
| 2 | Portsmouth Police Department | Municipal | 64 | $70,060 | +$4,210 | #933 |
| 3 | Manchester Police Department | Municipal | 250 | $68,016 | +$2,166 | #1,052 |
| 4 | Concord Police Department | Municipal | 79 | $67,995 | +$2,145 | #1,057 |
| 5 | Greenland Police Department | Municipal | 8 | $67,700 | +$1,850 | #1,076 |
| 6 | New Hampshire State Police | State | 350 | $66,872 | +$1,022 | #1,129 |
| 7 | Londonderry Police Department | Municipal | 59 | $66,664 | +$814 | #1,145 |
| 9 | Hampton Police Department | Municipal | 37 | $64,896 | −$954 | #1,273 |
| 10 | Derry Police Department | Municipal | 59 | $64,314 | −$1,537 | #1,304 |
| 11 | Durham Police Department | Municipal | 21 | $64,268 | −$1,583 | #1,305 |
| 12 | Rochester Police Department | Municipal | 59 | $63,960 | −$1,890 | #1,322 |
| 13 | Chesterfield Police Department | Municipal | 4 | $61,776 | −$4,074 | #1,464 |
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