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Lexington 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.
Lexington Police Department starts at $54,600 a year — about $26.25 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $12,085 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $13,540 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Texas run about 3% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $56,256 would somewhere at average prices — $1,656 more than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: utilities at 88, where goods are 98. 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 isLexington Police Department reported 3 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.2 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 1,344.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 Lexington says about itself
The City of Lexington Police Department is committed, in partnership with the community, to provide the highest quality of police services. Our mission is to improve quality of life for our residents by promoting diversity, building trust, and reducing crime, while we protect and serve. We pride ourselves on innovative and proactive approaches while maintaining respect for the rights and dignity of all, and we are committed to excellence by upholding the Constitution of the United States, the laws of Texas and the City of Lexington.
What Lexington does
Lexington Police Department serves a town of around 1,200 in the northern part of Lee County, working from Main Street in one of the smallest municipal agencies on this site. Its stated mission is to improve quality of life by building trust and reducing crime, and it hires cadets with no police experience and puts them through the academy before licensing
Where the figure comes from
Checked 20 August 2026. City of Lexington — Lexington Police Department 2025 recruiting advertisement (TCOLE document library) — open the source document
City of Lexington's own 2025 recruiting advertisement, hosted in the TCOLE document library: Licensed Police Officer salary range $54,600.00 to $58,968.00, with a $2,000 hiring bonus and twelve-hour shifts. The department also runs a separate Police Cadet class at $41,600.00 a year, described on the same sheet as the route for entry-level applicants with no police experience: the cadet attends the academy, sits the TCOLE licensing examination and on passing is promoted to police officer starting at $54,600.00. That promotion figure is the entry rate for a licensed officer and is what is published here; the cadet rate is excluded, in line with every other agency on the site. The cadet commits to two years of service or repays the academy tuition.
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 Lexington 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. Lexington starts at $54,600, so $13,540 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Lexington Police Department officer make?
Lexington Police Department starts a new officer on $54,600 a year, about $26.25 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 Lexington — Lexington Police Department 2025 recruiting advertisement (TCOLE document library).
Is that good pay for a police officer in Texas?
It ranks #135 of 151 agencies we have verified in Texas — 16 pay less, 134 pay more in the state — and #1,884 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $12,085 below, and against other municipal agencies $13,540 below.
Compare with another department
Put Lexington 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 TX
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Lexington | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allen Police Department | Municipal | 153 | $91,106 | +$36,506 | #241 |
| 2 | Frisco Police Department | Municipal | 270 | $90,750 | +$36,150 | #252 |
| 3 | Plano Police Department | Municipal | 400 | $90,729 | +$36,129 | #253 |
| 4 | Grand Prairie Police Department | Municipal | 287 | $90,000 | +$35,400 | #270 |
| 5 | Hurst Police Department | Municipal | 61 | $87,048 | +$32,448 | #322 |
| 6 | Lewisville Police Department | Municipal | 181 | $86,268 | +$31,668 | #335 |
| 7 | Coppell Police Department | Municipal | 60 | $84,968 | +$30,368 | #355 |
| 8 | Rockwall Police Department | Municipal | 95 | $84,448 | +$29,848 | #362 |
| 9 | Farmers Branch Police Department | Municipal | 83 | $84,440 | +$29,840 | #363 |
| 10 | The Colony Police Department | Municipal | 86 | $84,082 | +$29,482 | #371 |
| 11 | Baytown Police Department | Municipal | 172 | $84,049 | +$29,449 | #372 |
| 12 | McKinney Police Department | Municipal | 248 | $83,992 | +$29,392 | #374 |
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