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Lewiston 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.
Lewiston Police Department starts at $63,321 a year — about $30.44 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $5,069 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $7,943 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Lewiston, ID-WA run about 9% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $69,461 would somewhere at average prices — $6,140 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 72 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 isLewiston Police Department reported 46 sworn officers and 17 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.3 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 34,805.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 Lewiston says about itself
Your Police Department is committed to its Vision of maintaining a safe community, through trust, by providing equitable and professional service.
What Lewiston does
Lewiston Police Department employs sworn Officers under the City's Police compensation schedule.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. City of Lewiston FY26 Police Employees Salary Schedule — open the source document
Current City schedule lists Officer Grade 608 Step 1 (Entry) at $63,320.78 annually / $30.443 hourly. The published Entry annual figure is used. Class: Officer. Trainee class: Current FY2026 Police salary schedule identifies Officer as the bottom sworn officer classification and labels Step 1 as Entry. City Human Resources publishes a dedicated Police Employees salary schedule.
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 Lewiston 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. Lewiston starts at $63,321, so $7,966 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Lewiston Police Department officer make?
Lewiston Police Department starts a new officer on $63,321 a year, about $30.44 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 Lewiston FY26 Police Employees Salary Schedule.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Idaho?
It ranks #11 of 51 agencies we have verified in Idaho — 40 pay less, 10 pay more in the state — and #1,094 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $5,069 below, and against other municipal agencies $7,943 below.
Compare with another department
Put Lewiston 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 ID
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Lewiston | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun Valley Police Department | Municipal | — | $75,005 | +$11,684 | #558 |
| 2 | Blaine County Sheriff's Office | County | 20 | $74,526 | +$11,206 | #577 |
| 3 | Boise Police Department | Municipal | 326 | $69,514 | +$6,193 | #791 |
| 4 | Meridian Police Department | Municipal | 109 | $67,621 | +$4,300 | #885 |
| 5 | Post Falls Police Department | Municipal | 52 | $67,330 | +$4,009 | #904 |
| 6 | Coeur d'Alene Police Department | Municipal | 94 | $66,872 | +$3,551 | #925 |
| 7 | Kootenai County Sheriff's Office | County | 104 | $65,291 | +$1,970 | #1,006 |
| 8 | Ada County Sheriff's Office | County | 220 | $64,896 | +$1,575 | #1,030 |
| 9 | McCall Police Department | Municipal | 12 | $63,773 | +$452 | #1,069 |
| 10 | Moscow Police Department | Municipal | 30 | $63,544 | +$223 | #1,079 |
| 12 | Idaho State Police | State | 311 | $62,546 | −$775 | #1,128 |
| 13 | Bellevue Marshal's Office | Municipal | 5 | $60,320 | −$3,001 | #1,223 |
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