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Maryland Heights 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.
Maryland Heights Police Department starts at $72,986 a year — about $35.09 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $6,301 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $4,846 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Missouri run about 9% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $80,366 would somewhere at average prices — $7,380 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 isMaryland Heights Police Department reported 80 sworn officers and 26 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.9 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 27,527.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 Maryland Heights says about itself
Our mission is to enforce the law, maintain the peace, protect life and property and promote the quality of life in the City of Maryland Heights.
What Maryland Heights does
The Maryland Heights Police Department serves the City of Maryland Heights in St. Louis County, Missouri.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 20 September 2026. City of Maryland Heights police recruitment page, starting pay — open the source document
No effective date on the page, read 20 September 2026; top pay $98,943 at ten years. New hires may be started at a higher grade for experience at the chief's recommendation.
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 Maryland Heights 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. Maryland Heights starts at $72,986, so $4,846 above the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Maryland Heights Police Department officer make?
Maryland Heights Police Department starts a new officer on $72,986 a year, about $35.09 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 Maryland Heights police recruitment page, starting pay.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Missouri?
It ranks #1 of 33 agencies we have verified in Missouri — the highest in the state in the state — and #762 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $6,301 above, and against other municipal agencies $4,846 above.
Compare with another department
Put Maryland Heights 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 Maryland | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Wentzville Police Department | Municipal | 82 | $71,510 | −$1,476 | #845 |
| 3 | Creve Coeur Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $71,329 | −$1,657 | #856 |
| 4 | Hazelwood Police Department | Municipal | 63 | $71,204 | −$1,782 | #863 |
| 5 | Liberty Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $70,000 | −$2,986 | #941 |
| 6 | Kansas City Missouri Police Department | Municipal | 1,119 | $68,928 | −$4,058 | #998 |
| 7 | O'Fallon Police Department | Municipal | 118 | $67,454 | −$5,532 | #1,098 |
| 8 | Brentwood Police Department | Municipal | 31 | $67,418 | −$5,568 | #1,100 |
| 9 | St. Charles County Police Department | County | 165 | $66,060 | −$6,926 | #1,181 |
| 10 | Missouri State Highway Patrol | State | 1,134 | $65,400 | −$7,586 | #1,228 |
| 11 | Riverside Police Department | Municipal | 25 | $65,000 | −$7,986 | #1,258 |
| 12 | Ferguson Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $64,316 | −$8,670 | #1,303 |
| 13 | Gladstone Police Department | Municipal | 31 | $63,560 | −$9,426 | #1,342 |
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