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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 $62,385 a year — about $29.99 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $6,005 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $8,879 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Michigan run about 4% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $64,838 would somewhere at average prices — $2,453 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 82 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 isMilford Police Department reported 23 sworn officers and 6 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.3 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 17,751.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 Milford says about itself
It is the mission of the Milford Police Department to provide the highest level of service while working in cooperation with the community to improve their quality of life. Through our dedication to ethical policing and our core values, we will succeed in building the confidence and trust of our citizens.
What Milford does
Milford Police Department has served this southwest Oakland County community since 1943. Although it sits within the Village of Milford's government, it also provides police services to Milford Township, giving it a combined jurisdiction of 36 square miles and about 17,000 residents. The department consists of twenty sworn staff alongside ten police service aides, six police cadets and an administrative assistant. Since 2015 its dispatch has been contracted to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, and the department is funded by a fifteen-year dedicated millage last approved by Village and Township voters in 2016.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 13 August 2026. $62,385.39 upon completion of the training academy. Official 2026 MCOLES academy-sponsorship posting expressly states paid wages/benefits during training and $62,385. — open the source document
$62,385.39 upon completion of the training academy. Official 2026 MCOLES academy-sponsorship posting expressly states paid wages/benefits during training and $62,385.39 pay upon completion of the training academy; contract negotiation was pending when posted.
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 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 $62,385, so $8,902 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Milford Police Department officer make?
Milford Police Department starts a new officer on $62,385 a year, about $29.99 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 $62,385.39 upon completion of the training academy. Official 2026 MCOLES academy-sponsorship posting expressly states paid wages/benefits during training and $62,385..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Michigan?
It ranks #19 of 38 agencies we have verified in Michigan — 19 pay less, 18 pay more in the state — and #1,141 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $6,005 below, and against other municipal agencies $8,879 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 MI
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Milford | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Troy Police Department | Municipal | 110 | $78,224 | +$15,839 | #452 |
| 2 | Grand Rapids Police Department | Municipal | 299 | $77,467 | +$15,082 | #471 |
| 3 | Wyoming Police Department | Municipal | 97 | $75,400 | +$13,015 | #539 |
| 4 | Sumpter Township Police Department | Municipal | 18 | $71,732 | +$9,347 | #684 |
| 5 | Lincoln Charter Township Police Department | Municipal | — | $71,696 | +$9,311 | #686 |
| 6 | Macomb County Sheriff's Office | County | 274 | $71,098 | +$8,713 | #718 |
| 7 | Muskegon Police Department | Municipal | 70 | $69,888 | +$7,503 | #781 |
| 8 | Livonia Police Department | Municipal | 117 | $69,784 | +$7,399 | #783 |
| 9 | Dearborn Police Department | Municipal | 186 | $69,080 | +$6,695 | #810 |
| 10 | Plymouth Township Police Department | Municipal | 33 | $68,140 | +$5,755 | #852 |
| 11 | Oscoda Township Police Department | Municipal | 12 | $68,140 | +$5,755 | #853 |
| 12 | Northville Police Department | Municipal | 12 | $65,956 | +$3,571 | #969 |
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