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Millsboro 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.
Millsboro Police Department starts at $73,560 a year — about $35.37 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $6,875 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $5,420 above the median for municipal agencies.
How big the department isMillsboro Police Department reported 17 sworn officers and 3 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.1 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 8,113.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 Millsboro says about itself
The Millsboro Police Department is committed to enhancing the quality of life by creating a safe environment in partnership with the community we serve.
What Millsboro does
The Millsboro Police Department is the municipal force for the Town of Millsboro in Sussex County, Delaware, headquartered at 120 W. Railroad Avenue.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 26 September 2026. Millsboro Police Department, Employment - Salary & Benefits, starting salary for non-certified officers: "$73,560.26 - July 1st, 2026". — open the source document
The department prints dated starting salaries for new officers who are not yet Delaware certified - $70,057.39 from 1 July 2025, $73,560.26 from 1 July 2026 and $77,238.27 from 1 July 2027 - and the 2026 figure is in force now, used as printed. A separate line for a "Delaware Certified Police Officer" starts at the rank of Patrolman First Class ($80,891.85 from 1 July 2026); in Delaware certification comes with service at a police agency, so that line is a prior-service rate and not the figure. Excluded: the take-home car, on-call and court pay and the uniform allowance.
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.
Entry pay through 2027
Every point is the entry-class annual base printed in the agency’s own pay document. Base pay only — no shift differential, incentives or allowances.
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How this level compares
Where Millsboro 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. Millsboro starts at $73,560, so $5,420 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Millsboro Police Department officer make?
Millsboro Police Department starts a new officer on $73,560 a year, about $35.37 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 Millsboro Police Department, Employment - Salary & Benefits, starting salary for non-certified officers: "$73,560.26 - July 1st, 2026"..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Delaware?
It ranks #7 of 18 agencies we have verified in Delaware — 11 pay less, 6 pay more in the state — and #733 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $6,875 above, and against other municipal agencies $5,420 above.
Compare with another department
Put Millsboro 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 Millsboro | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delaware State Police | State | 783 | $91,265 | +$17,705 | #238 |
| 2 | New Castle City Police Department | Municipal | — | $75,338 | +$1,778 | #660 |
| 3 | University of Delaware Police Department | Special jurisdiction | 48 | $74,679 | +$1,119 | #690 |
| 4 | Middletown Police Department | Municipal | 38 | $74,550 | +$990 | #696 |
| 5 | New Castle County Police | County | 414 | $74,453 | +$893 | #702 |
| 6 | Georgetown Police Department | Municipal | 21 | $74,000 | +$440 | #719 |
| 8 | Dover Police Department | Municipal | 101 | $72,000 | −$1,560 | #814 |
| 9 | Ocean View Police Department | Municipal | 14 | $72,000 | −$1,560 | #816 |
| 10 | Newark Police Department | Municipal | 72 | $70,000 | −$3,560 | #936 |
| 11 | Selbyville Police Department | Municipal | 10 | $68,788 | −$4,773 | #1,005 |
| 12 | Seaford Police Department | Municipal | 31 | $68,474 | −$5,087 | #1,021 |
| 13 | Milford Police Department | Municipal | 35 | $67,971 | −$5,589 | #1,059 |
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