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Manheim Township 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.
Manheim Township Police Department starts at $72,334 a year — about $34.78 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $3,944 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $1,069 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Pennsylvania run about 2% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $74,134 would somewhere at average prices — $1,800 more than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: rent at 85, where goods are 99. 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 isManheim Township Police Department reported 63 sworn officers and 13 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.4 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 44,560.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 Manheim Township says about itself
Our agency serves the communities of Manheim Township. Our hope is that we can improve the quality of life in those communities by sharing important information on criminal activity, as well as ways to prevent crime.
What Manheim Township does
Manheim Township Police Department serves a first-class township of about 44,000 people in the heart of Lancaster County, adjacent to Lancaster City. With 65 sworn officers it is the second-largest police force in the county, is accredited through PLEAC and holds Premier Agency status, one of only three in Lancaster County. Officers work a biweekly swing-shift of 12-hour tours, rotating two weeks of days and two weeks of nights and never more than three shifts in a row.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 18 August 2026. Manheim Township Police Department — Salary and Benefits page, Recruiting section — open the source document
Their source is effective 1 January 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.
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How this level compares
Where Manheim Township 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. Manheim Township starts at $72,334, so $1,047 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Manheim Township Police Department officer make?
Manheim Township Police Department starts a new officer on $72,334 a year, about $34.78 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 Manheim Township Police Department — Salary and Benefits page, Recruiting section.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Pennsylvania?
It ranks #6 of 23 agencies we have verified in Pennsylvania — 17 pay less, 5 pay more in the state — and #651 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $3,944 above, and against other municipal agencies $1,069 above.
Compare with another department
Put Manheim Township 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 PA
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Manheim | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abington Township Police Department | Municipal | — | $103,421 | +$31,087 | #71 |
| 2 | Lower Merion Township Police Department | Municipal | 118 | $90,162 | +$17,828 | #212 |
| 3 | Pennsylvania State Police | State | 4,634 | $73,087 | +$753 | #624 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Police Department | Municipal | 5,065 | $72,651 | +$317 | #643 |
| 5 | Allentown Police Department | Municipal | 215 | $72,607 | +$273 | #645 |
| 7 | Pittsburgh Bureau of Police | Municipal | — | $68,952 | −$3,382 | #817 |
| 8 | Gettysburg Borough Police Department | Municipal | — | $63,232 | −$9,102 | #1,101 |
| 9 | Northampton County Sheriff's Department | County | 59 | $60,606 | −$11,728 | #1,209 |
| 10 | York County Sheriff's Office | County | 107 | $58,344 | −$13,990 | #1,303 |
| 11 | Harrisburg Bureau of Police | Municipal | — | $58,100 | −$14,234 | #1,316 |
| 12 | Lancaster County Sheriff's Office | County | 55 | $57,803 | −$14,530 | #1,338 |
| 13 | Chester County Sheriff's Office | County | 59 | $57,720 | −$14,614 | #1,344 |
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