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Monroe Township 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.
Monroe Township Police Department starts at $63,736 a year — about $30.64 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $2,949 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $4,404 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in New Jersey run about 9% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $58,578 somewhere at average prices — $5,158 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 134 against a national average of 100, where goods are 107. 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 Monroe Township says about itself
The Monroe Township Police Department's fundamental duty is to serve the community, protect lives and property, and to respect the constitutional rights of all people to liberty, equality and justice.
What Monroe Township does
The Monroe Township Police Department serves Monroe Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 20 September 2026. Monroe Township Police Department recruitment page, Salary and Benefits, Probationary Step — open the source document
No date published, read 20 September 2026. The academy rate is listed separately as "Non-Certified Candidates (Academy Trainees): $48,709 during training"; top step is $141,272.
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 Monroe Township 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. Monroe Township starts at $63,736, so $4,404 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Monroe Township Police Department officer make?
Monroe Township Police Department starts a new officer on $63,736 a year, about $30.64 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 Monroe Township Police Department recruitment page, Salary and Benefits, Probationary Step.
Is that good pay for a police officer in New Jersey?
It ranks #4 of 27 agencies we have verified in New Jersey — 23 pay less, 3 pay more in the state — and #1,334 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $2,949 below, and against other municipal agencies $4,404 below.
Compare with another department
Put Monroe Township 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 NJ
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Monroe | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection — Fish & Wildlife Conservation Police | State | — | $74,153 | +$10,417 | #711 |
| 2 | New Jersey State Police | State | 3,351 | $64,956 | +$1,220 | #1,268 |
| 3 | Galloway Township Police Department | Municipal | 68 | $64,236 | +$500 | #1,307 |
| 5 | New Jersey State Parole Board | State | — | $63,268 | −$468 | #1,367 |
| 6 | North Plainfield Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $59,036 | −$4,700 | #1,624 |
| 7 | Hamilton Township Police Division | Municipal | — | $59,000 | −$4,736 | #1,629 |
| 8 | Ho-Ho-Kus Police Department | Municipal | 16 | $58,000 | −$5,736 | #1,679 |
| 9 | Vineland Police Department | Municipal | 147 | $58,000 | −$5,736 | #1,681 |
| 10 | Cherry Hill Township Police Department | Municipal | 135 | $57,322 | −$6,414 | #1,741 |
| 11 | Toms River Township Police Department | Municipal | 145 | $56,792 | −$6,944 | #1,760 |
| 12 | South Brunswick Police Department | Municipal | — | $55,165 | −$8,571 | #1,840 |
| 13 | New Jersey Department of Corrections — Correctional Police | State | — | $55,081 | −$8,655 | #1,847 |
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