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Milford 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.
Milford Police Department starts at $67,971 a year — about $32.68 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $419 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $3,293 below the median for municipal agencies.
How big the department isMilford Police Department reported 35 sworn officers and 15 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.4 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 14,875.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.
About Milford
Milford Police Department provides municipal police services through patrol and multiple specialized units.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 16 August 2026. Milford Police Department — Employment Opportunities, the department's own site — open the source document
The City of Milford Police Department offers a starting salary of $67,971, and is accepting applications from both Delaware certified and non-certified officers. The package includes a take-home car programme, tuition reimbursement, medical, dental and vision insurance, a 457b deferred compensation plan with up to six per cent matched, and the State of Delaware County and Municipal Police Pension Plan. Officers serve a daytime population of nearly 35,000 and are assigned across patrol, motorcycle, criminal investigations, school resource, K-9 and special operations units.
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 Milford 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. Milford starts at $67,971, so $3,316 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Milford Police Department officer make?
Milford Police Department starts a new officer on $67,971 a year, about $32.68 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 Milford Police Department — Employment Opportunities, the department's own site.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Delaware?
It ranks #10 of 14 agencies we have verified in Delaware — 4 pay less, 9 pay more in the state — and #864 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $419 below, and against other municipal agencies $3,293 below.
Compare with another department
Put Milford 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 DE
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Milford | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delaware State Police | State | 783 | $91,265 | +$23,294 | #189 |
| 2 | New Castle City Police Department | Municipal | — | $75,338 | +$7,367 | #544 |
| 3 | University of Delaware Police Department | Special jurisdiction | 48 | $74,679 | +$6,708 | #570 |
| 4 | Middletown Police Department | Municipal | 38 | $74,550 | +$6,579 | #576 |
| 5 | New Castle County Police | County | 414 | $74,453 | +$6,482 | #582 |
| 6 | Dover Police Department | Municipal | 101 | $72,000 | +$4,029 | #668 |
| 7 | Newark Police Department | Municipal | 72 | $70,000 | +$2,029 | #767 |
| 8 | Selbyville Police Department | Municipal | 10 | $68,788 | +$817 | #824 |
| 9 | Seaford Police Department | Municipal | 31 | $68,474 | +$503 | #838 |
| 11 | Wilmington Police Department | Municipal | 279 | $67,600 | −$371 | #888 |
| 12 | Cheswold Police Department | Municipal | 4 | $57,500 | −$10,471 | #1,359 |
| 13 | Delaware Capitol Police | State | — | $53,807 | −$14,164 | #1,475 |
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