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Kingman 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.
Kingman Police Department starts at $60,237 a year — about $28.96 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $8,153 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $11,027 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ run about 6% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $64,015 would somewhere at average prices — $3,778 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 80 against a national average of 100, where goods are 96. Based on price levels for this metropolitan 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 isKingman Police Department reported 51 sworn officers and 17 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.4 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 36,035.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 Kingman says about itself
The mission of the Kingman Police Department is to create a safer community by reducing crime, ensuring the safety of our residents and visitors, and building trust in partnership with the public.
What Kingman does
KPD is a full-service, community-supported accredited police department providing municipal law-enforcement service.
Shifts at Kingman
Kingman's patrol bureau is 32 officers providing police service to the city 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in marked and unmarked patrol cars.
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Where the figure comes from
Checked 13 August 2026. $28.96/hour / $60,237 annually after academy graduation and AZ POST certification. Official City Police Recruit material expressly separates recruit/non-certified pay ($27. — open the source document
$28.96/hour / $60,237 annually after academy graduation and AZ POST certification. Official City Police Recruit material expressly separates recruit/non-certified pay ($27.58/hour) from the post-academy/AZ POST-certified Police Officer Step 1 rate ($28.96/hour).
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 Kingman 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. Kingman starts at $60,237, so $11,050 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Kingman Police Department officer make?
Kingman Police Department starts a new officer on $60,237 a year, about $28.96 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 $28.96/hour / $60,237 annually after academy graduation and AZ POST certification. Official City Police Recruit material expressly separates recruit/non-certified pay ($27..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Arizona?
It ranks #23 of 26 agencies we have verified in Arizona — 3 pay less, 22 pay more in the state — and #1,224 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $8,153 below, and against other municipal agencies $11,027 below.
What shifts do Kingman Police Department officers work?
Kingman's patrol bureau is 32 officers providing police service to the city 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in marked and unmarked patrol cars. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Kingman 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 AZ
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Kingman | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goodyear Police Department | Municipal | 174 | $77,147 | +$16,910 | #475 |
| 2 | Phoenix Police Department | Municipal | 2,490 | $75,847 | +$15,610 | #526 |
| 3 | Queen Creek Police Department | Municipal | 132 | $74,693 | +$14,456 | #569 |
| 4 | Chandler Police Department | Municipal | 348 | $74,610 | +$14,373 | #573 |
| 5 | Mesa Police Department | Municipal | 885 | $73,972 | +$13,735 | #596 |
| 6 | Casa Grande Police Department | Municipal | 82 | $72,860 | +$12,623 | #632 |
| 7 | El Mirage Police Department | Municipal | 53 | $71,573 | +$11,336 | #693 |
| 8 | Maricopa Police Department | Municipal | 89 | $71,074 | +$10,837 | #719 |
| 9 | Flagstaff Police Department | Municipal | 107 | $68,203 | +$7,966 | #850 |
| 10 | Navajo County Sheriff's Office | County | 59 | $67,496 | +$7,259 | #892 |
| 11 | Bullhead City Police Department | Municipal | 66 | $67,038 | +$6,801 | #914 |
| 12 | Show Low Police Department | Municipal | 34 | $66,581 | +$6,344 | #943 |
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