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Leawood 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.
Leawood Police Department starts at $63,036 a year — about $30.31 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $3,649 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $5,104 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 $69,987 would somewhere at average prices — $6,951 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 isLeawood Police Department reported 61 sworn officers and 21 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.8 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 34,047.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 Leawood says about itself
The dedicated individuals of the Leawood Police Department take great pride in providing prompt and professional service to the city's residents and visitors.
What Leawood does
The Leawood Police Department serves the City of Leawood in Johnson County, Kansas.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 20 September 2026. City of Leawood Careers, Police Officer I starting salary — open the source document
No date published, read 20 September 2026: “A competitive starting salary for Police Officer I of $63,036 annually”. The career development programme runs the rank from Police Officer I to Police Officer IV, topping out at $99,259.
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 Leawood 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. Leawood starts at $63,036, so $5,104 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Leawood Police Department officer make?
Leawood Police Department starts a new officer on $63,036 a year, about $30.31 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 Leawood Careers, Police Officer I starting salary.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Kansas?
It ranks #8 of 22 agencies we have verified in Kansas — 14 pay less, 7 pay more in the state — and #1,382 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $3,649 below, and against other municipal agencies $5,104 below.
Compare with another department
Put Leawood 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 Leawood | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wichita Police Department | Municipal | 663 | $70,970 | +$7,934 | #879 |
| 2 | Kansas Highway Patrol | State | 467 | $68,182 | +$5,146 | #1,041 |
| 3 | Lenexa Police Department | Municipal | 93 | $66,013 | +$2,977 | #1,184 |
| 4 | Prairie Village Police Department | Municipal | 46 | $65,975 | +$2,939 | #1,186 |
| 5 | Topeka Police Department | Municipal | 273 | $65,374 | +$2,338 | #1,232 |
| 6 | Olathe Police Department | Municipal | 210 | $65,050 | +$2,014 | #1,253 |
| 7 | Shawnee Police Department | Municipal | 94 | $64,114 | +$1,078 | #1,311 |
| 9 | Lawrence Police Department | Municipal | — | $62,462 | −$574 | #1,414 |
| 10 | Johnson County Sheriff's Office | County | 488 | $62,400 | −$636 | #1,423 |
| 11 | University of Kansas Police Department | Special jurisdiction | 28 | $60,180 | −$2,856 | #1,553 |
| 12 | Shawnee County Sheriff's Office | County | 117 | $60,029 | −$3,007 | #1,563 |
| 13 | Saline County Sheriff's Office | County | 41 | $57,866 | −$5,170 | #1,693 |
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