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Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics 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.
Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics starts at $54,000 a year — about $25.96 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $12,685 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $11,166 below the median for state agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Mississippi run about 13% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $62,103 would somewhere at average prices — $8,103 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 56 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.
What Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics says about itself
The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN) provides for the public's safety by reducing the availability of illicit controlled substances.
What Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics does
Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics conducts criminal investigations involving controlled substances throughout the state. Agents investigate illicit possession, manufacture, transportation and sale of narcotics and work matters initiated by MBN or requested by other law-enforcement organizations.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. employer-controlled State of Mississippi NEOGOV LE-AGENT I posting — open the source document
Their source is effective 16 April 2025.
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 Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics 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. Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics starts at $54,000, so $11,166 below the state middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics officer make?
Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics starts a new officer on $54,000 a year, about $25.96 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 employer-controlled State of Mississippi NEOGOV LE-AGENT I posting.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Mississippi?
It ranks #5 of 12 agencies we have verified in Mississippi — 7 pay less, 4 pay more in the state — and #1,911 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $12,685 below, and against other state agencies $11,166 below.
Compare with another department
Put Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics 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 MS
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Mississippi | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeSoto County Sheriff's Office | County | 185 | $65,564 | +$11,564 | #1,216 |
| 2 | Southaven Police Department | Municipal | 150 | $61,982 | +$7,982 | #1,451 |
| 3 | Hattiesburg Police Department | Municipal | 92 | $55,000 | +$1,000 | #1,853 |
| 4 | Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol | State | 397 | $54,000 | same | #1,910 |
| 6 | Oxford Police Department | Municipal | 106 | $52,531 | −$1,469 | #1,967 |
| 7 | Gulfport Police Department | Municipal | 134 | $51,241 | −$2,759 | #2,024 |
| 8 | Mississippi Department of Revenue - Alcoholic Beverage Control Bureau of Enforcement | State | — | $50,000 | −$4,000 | #2,077 |
| 9 | Biloxi Police Department | Municipal | 122 | $48,300 | −$5,700 | #2,136 |
| 10 | Mississippi Capitol Police | State | — | $46,700 | −$7,300 | #2,175 |
| 11 | Ocean Springs Police Department | Municipal | 39 | $45,474 | −$8,526 | #2,196 |
| 12 | Mississippi Department of Marine Resources - Marine Patrol | State | — | $45,000 | −$9,000 | #2,208 |
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