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Liberty 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.
Liberty Police Department starts at $70,000 a year — about $33.65 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $1,610 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $1,264 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Missouri run about 9% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $77,078 would somewhere at average prices — $7,078 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 70 against a national average of 100, where goods are 96. 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 isLiberty Police Department reported 47 sworn officers and 14 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.5 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 31,506.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 Liberty says about itself
The mission of the Liberty Police Department is to preserve public safety and enforce the law while maintaining community values and a mutual respect between the police and those we serve. With a lean and very efficient level of police staffing for a city of our size, we work to build relationships throughout the Liberty community.
What Liberty does
Liberty Police Department provides municipal police services to protect life and property, preserve peace, enforce laws and support community safety. Official City materials emphasize professional service, community-oriented policing, public trust and partnerships between officers and residents
Shifts at Liberty
The patrol division is staffed 24 hours a day by four squads, and Liberty police officers bid their shift annually based on seniority. Officers cover four districts totalling 30 square miles.
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Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. City of Liberty offi — open the source document
Current official recruiting page verified 8 August 2026; explicitly states entry-level Police Officer starting pay is $70,000
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 Liberty 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. Liberty starts at $70,000, so $1,287 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Liberty Police Department officer make?
Liberty Police Department starts a new officer on $70,000 a year, about $33.65 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 Liberty offi.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Missouri?
It ranks #2 of 27 agencies we have verified in Missouri — 25 pay less, 1 pay more in the state — and #772 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $1,610 above, and against other municipal agencies $1,264 below.
What shifts do Liberty Police Department officers work?
The patrol division is staffed 24 hours a day by four squads, and Liberty police officers bid their shift annually based on seniority. Officers cover four districts totalling 30 square miles. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Liberty 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 MO
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Liberty | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Creve Coeur Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $71,329 | +$1,329 | #707 |
| 3 | Kansas City Missouri Police Department | Municipal | 1,119 | $68,928 | −$1,072 | #819 |
| 4 | O'Fallon Police Department | Municipal | 118 | $67,454 | −$2,546 | #898 |
| 5 | Brentwood Police Department | Municipal | 31 | $67,418 | −$2,582 | #900 |
| 6 | St. Charles County Police Department | County | 35 | $66,060 | −$3,940 | #962 |
| 7 | Missouri State Highway Patrol | State | 1,134 | $65,400 | −$4,600 | #998 |
| 8 | Riverside Police Department | Municipal | 25 | $65,000 | −$5,000 | #1,022 |
| 9 | Ferguson Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $64,316 | −$5,684 | #1,052 |
| 10 | Gladstone Police Department | Municipal | 31 | $63,560 | −$6,440 | #1,077 |
| 11 | Ballwin Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $63,508 | −$6,492 | #1,081 |
| 12 | St. Louis County Police Department | County | 843 | $63,003 | −$6,997 | #1,110 |
| 13 | Columbia Police Department | Municipal | 164 | $60,611 | −$9,389 | #1,208 |
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