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Maine Department of Marine Resources — Maine Marine Patrol 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.
Maine Department of Marine Resources — Maine Marine Patrol starts at $59,654 a year — about $28.68 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $8,736 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $5,343 below the median for state agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Maine run about 3% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $61,468 would somewhere at average prices — $1,813 more than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: utilities at 135, where goods are 97. 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.
What Maine Department of Marine Resources — Maine Marine Patrol says about itself
A bureau of the Maine Department of Marine Resources, the Maine Marine Patrol provides law enforcement, search and rescue, maritime security, and public safety services on Maine's coastal tidal waters.
What Maine Department of Marine Resources — Maine Marine Patrol does
Maine Marine Patrol is a bureau of the Department of Marine Resources and calls itself the oldest law enforcement organisation in the State of Maine, tracing its roots to 1867 when the legislature authorized two Fisheries Commissioners. It says today's patrol officer carries the same philosophy that guided the wardens of a century ago — to be impartial, and to work in close cooperation with fishermen, businesses and the residents of Maine's coastal communities
Shifts at Maine Department of Marine Resources — Maine Marine Patrol
Marine Patrol Officers work out of their homes, live in the communities they serve, and are on call 24 hours a day while on duty, working weekends and at times extended hours.
When you are on call round the clock from home, the line between on and off gets hard to keep track of. BlueShifts records what you actually worked, and its off-duty statistical calculator adds up the extra hours.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. Maine Department of Marine Resources — Marine Patrol Officer Job Description and Requirements; State of Maine 2025–2027 MSLEA Agreement — open the source document
$59,654.40. 2025–2027 agreement; July 2026 2% statewide increase; official DMR employment page verified 8 August 2026
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 Maine Department of Marine Resources — Maine Marine Patrol 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. Maine Department of Marine Resources — Maine Marine Patrol starts at $59,654, so $5,344 below the state middle.
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Common questions
How much does a Maine Department of Marine Resources — Maine Marine Patrol officer make?
Maine Department of Marine Resources — Maine Marine Patrol starts a new officer on $59,654 a year, about $28.68 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 Maine Department of Marine Resources — Marine Patrol Officer Job Description and Requirements; State of Maine 2025–2027 MSLEA Agreement.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Maine?
It ranks #18 of 19 agencies we have verified in Maine — 1 pay less, 17 pay more in the state — and #1,266 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $8,736 below, and against other state agencies $5,343 below.
What shifts do Maine Department of Marine Resources — Maine Marine Patrol officers work?
Marine Patrol Officers work out of their homes, live in the communities they serve, and are on call 24 hours a day while on duty, working weekends and at times extended hours. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Maine Department of Marine Resources — Maine Marine Patrol 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 ME
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Maine | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rockland Police Department | Municipal | 19 | $77,896 | +$18,242 | #459 |
| 2 | Biddeford Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $76,482 | +$16,827 | #494 |
| 3 | Westbrook Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $73,736 | +$14,082 | #604 |
| 4 | Falmouth Police Department | Municipal | 19 | $71,344 | +$11,690 | #704 |
| 5 | Bath Police Department | Municipal | 18 | $71,011 | +$11,357 | #721 |
| 6 | York County Sheriff's Office | County | 23 | $70,628 | +$10,974 | #741 |
| 7 | Freeport Police Department | Municipal | 17 | $69,306 | +$9,651 | #798 |
| 8 | Windham Police Department | Municipal | 28 | $69,251 | +$9,596 | #802 |
| 9 | Bangor Police Department | Municipal | 82 | $69,181 | +$9,526 | #803 |
| 10 | Auburn Police Department | Municipal | 51 | $69,000 | +$9,346 | #815 |
| 11 | Augusta Police Department | Municipal | 44 | $67,371 | +$7,717 | #901 |
| 12 | Portland Police Department | Municipal | 131 | $65,874 | +$6,219 | #973 |
Base pay is only part of the year
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