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Leavenworth 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.
Leavenworth Police Department starts at $51,577 a year — about $24.80 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $15,108 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $16,563 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Kansas run about 10% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $57,265 would somewhere at average prices — $5,688 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 71 against a national average of 100, where goods are 94. 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 isLeavenworth Police Department reported 51 sworn officers and 23 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.4 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 37,383.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 Leavenworth says about itself
The Leavenworth Police Department is committed to working in partnership with our community to improve the quality of life in our city.
What Leavenworth does
The Leavenworth Police Department is the municipal force for the City of Leavenworth, the seat of Leavenworth County, Kansas. It works in operations, investigations and support services divisions, with four patrol shifts giving round-the-clock response.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 26 September 2026. City of Leavenworth, Police - Recruiting & Employment Opportunities: "2026 starting pay for Patrol Officers is $51,577.07*". — open the source document
The City labels $51,577.07 the 2026 starting pay for a patrol officer, used as printed; the City's HR recruiting page repeats it. No separate recruit rate is printed. The footnote adds annual cost-of-living rises and 7.5% raises at the 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th anniversaries, which are not part of the starting figure.
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 Leavenworth 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. Leavenworth starts at $51,577, so $16,563 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Leavenworth Police Department officer make?
Leavenworth Police Department starts a new officer on $51,577 a year, about $24.80 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 Leavenworth, Police - Recruiting & Employment Opportunities: "2026 starting pay for Patrol Officers is $51,577.07*"..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Kansas?
It ranks #18 of 22 agencies we have verified in Kansas — 4 pay less, 17 pay more in the state — and #2,009 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $15,108 below, and against other municipal agencies $16,563 below.
Compare with another department
Put Leavenworth 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 KS
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Leavenworth | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wichita Police Department | Municipal | 663 | $70,970 | +$19,393 | #879 |
| 2 | Kansas Highway Patrol | State | 467 | $68,182 | +$16,605 | #1,041 |
| 3 | Lenexa Police Department | Municipal | 93 | $66,013 | +$14,436 | #1,184 |
| 4 | Prairie Village Police Department | Municipal | 46 | $65,975 | +$14,398 | #1,186 |
| 5 | Topeka Police Department | Municipal | 273 | $65,374 | +$13,797 | #1,232 |
| 6 | Olathe Police Department | Municipal | 210 | $65,050 | +$13,473 | #1,253 |
| 7 | Shawnee Police Department | Municipal | 94 | $64,114 | +$12,537 | #1,311 |
| 8 | Leawood Police Department | Municipal | 61 | $63,036 | +$11,459 | #1,382 |
| 9 | Lawrence Police Department | Municipal | — | $62,462 | +$10,885 | #1,414 |
| 10 | Johnson County Sheriff's Office | County | 488 | $62,400 | +$10,823 | #1,423 |
| 11 | University of Kansas Police Department | Special jurisdiction | 28 | $60,180 | +$8,603 | #1,553 |
| 12 | Shawnee County Sheriff's Office | County | 117 | $60,029 | +$8,452 | #1,563 |
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