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Livonia 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.
Livonia Police Department starts at $69,784 a year — about $33.55 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $1,394 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $1,480 below the median for municipal agencies.
How big the department isLivonia Police Department reported 117 sworn officers and 43 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.3 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 92,547.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 Livonia says about itself
The Mission of the Livonia Police Department is to be responsive to the needs of all persons within the city by providing excellence in police service. In partnership with the community, we commit to the highest standard of professionalism, integrity and accountability.
What Livonia does
Livonia's police officers carry out general law-enforcement duties in the Police Division of the Department of Public Safety.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 13 August 2026. $69,784 annually. Official 2026 City Police Officer recruitment publishes $69,784-$87,110.40 annual base salary and treats prior-experience step credit separately. — open the source document
2026 recruitments. $69,784 annually. Official 2026 City Police Officer recruitment publishes $69,784-$87,110.40 annual base salary and treats prior-experience step credit separately. Current qualification material accepts academy candidates/certifiable applicants, so the base minimum qualifies
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 Livonia 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. Livonia starts at $69,784, so $1,503 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Livonia Police Department officer make?
Livonia Police Department starts a new officer on $69,784 a year, about $33.55 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 $69,784 annually. Official 2026 City Police Officer recruitment publishes $69,784-$87,110.40 annual base salary and treats prior-experience step credit separately..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Michigan?
It ranks #8 of 38 agencies we have verified in Michigan — 30 pay less, 7 pay more in the state — and #783 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $1,394 above, and against other municipal agencies $1,480 below.
Compare with another department
Put Livonia 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 MI
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Livonia | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Troy Police Department | Municipal | 110 | $78,224 | +$8,440 | #452 |
| 2 | Grand Rapids Police Department | Municipal | 299 | $77,467 | +$7,683 | #471 |
| 3 | Wyoming Police Department | Municipal | 97 | $75,400 | +$5,616 | #539 |
| 4 | Sumpter Township Police Department | Municipal | 18 | $71,732 | +$1,948 | #684 |
| 5 | Lincoln Charter Township Police Department | Municipal | — | $71,696 | +$1,912 | #686 |
| 6 | Macomb County Sheriff's Office | County | 274 | $71,098 | +$1,314 | #718 |
| 7 | Muskegon Police Department | Municipal | 70 | $69,888 | +$104 | #781 |
| 9 | Dearborn Police Department | Municipal | 186 | $69,080 | −$704 | #810 |
| 10 | Plymouth Township Police Department | Municipal | 33 | $68,140 | −$1,644 | #852 |
| 11 | Oscoda Township Police Department | Municipal | 12 | $68,140 | −$1,644 | #853 |
| 12 | Northville Police Department | Municipal | 12 | $65,956 | −$3,828 | #969 |
| 13 | Grand Valley State University Police Department | Special jurisdiction | 21 | $65,000 | −$4,784 | #1,023 |
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