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Marco Island 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.
Marco Island Police Department starts at $62,767 a year — about $30.18 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $3,918 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $5,373 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Naples-Marco Island, FL run about 3% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $60,821 somewhere at average prices — $1,946 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 129 against a national average of 100, where goods are 96. Based on price levels for this metropolitan 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 isMarco Island Police Department reported 39 sworn officers and 6 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.3 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 16,758.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 Marco Island says about itself
The mission of the Marco Island Police Department is to enhance the quality of life for the residents and visitors in our community through professional law enforcement services and community policing concepts. The department is committed to providing a safe environment to the residents and guests of the City of Marco Island, and the geography of Marco Island and its water-based activities requires the use of marine law enforcement assets and officers to complete missions and answer calls for service associated with a coastal community.
What Marco Island does
The City describes the position as technically skilled work in a comprehensive municipal law-enforcement department, including uniformed patrol, criminal investigations, reporting and related police functions.
Shifts at Marco Island
Schedule: 12 hour shift, Rotating shift.
The agency publishes the shift length but not a named cycle. These are the 12-hour rotations departments most often build on it: Pitman, 4 on, 4 off, DuPont, Panama, 3-4-4-3.
A rotating twelve is the pattern that never sits still - days into nights and back. BlueShifts lays the whole rotation out so you can see months ahead.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. City of Marco Island official Police Officer posting — open the source document
Continuous posting effective 1 October 2024; starting annual salary $62,767. The separate Police Officer Trainee classification is expressly non-sworn and pays $48,600 during academy training. A sign-on bonus is advertised and excluded from base pay.
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 Marco Island 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. Marco Island starts at $62,767, so $5,373 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Marco Island Police Department officer make?
Marco Island Police Department starts a new officer on $62,767 a year, about $30.18 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 Marco Island official Police Officer posting.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Florida?
It ranks #124 of 303 agencies we have verified in Florida — 179 pay less, 123 pay more in the state — and #1,393 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $3,918 below, and against other municipal agencies $5,373 below.
What shifts do Marco Island Police Department officers work?
Schedule: 12 hour shift, Rotating shift. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Marco Island 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 FL
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Marco | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boca Raton Police Services Department | Municipal | 195 | $91,007 | +$28,240 | #244 |
| 2 | Fort Lauderdale Police Department | Municipal | 565 | $81,723 | +$18,956 | #433 |
| 3 | Plantation Police Department | Municipal | 164 | $81,000 | +$18,233 | #459 |
| 4 | Hillsboro Beach Police Department | Municipal | 15 | $80,954 | +$18,187 | #461 |
| 5 | Pinecrest Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $80,912 | +$18,145 | #464 |
| 6 | Sunny Isles Beach Police Department | Municipal | 65 | $80,000 | +$17,233 | #496 |
| 7 | Indian Creek Village Public Safety Department | Municipal | 10 | $79,850 | +$17,083 | #500 |
| 8 | Sunrise Police Department | Municipal | 190 | $79,071 | +$16,304 | #520 |
| 9 | Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office | County | 1,720 | $78,828 | +$16,061 | #526 |
| 10 | Aventura Police Department | Municipal | 91 | $78,556 | +$15,789 | #536 |
| 11 | Longboat Key Police Department | Municipal | 19 | $78,430 | +$15,663 | #543 |
| 12 | Manalapan Police Department | Municipal | 13 | $78,280 | +$15,513 | #549 |
Base pay is only part of the year
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