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Moscow 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.
Moscow Police Department starts at $63,544 a year — about $30.55 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $4,846 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $7,720 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Idaho run about 5% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $66,542 would somewhere at average prices — $2,998 more than the headline figure. Most of that is utilities, at 70 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 isMoscow Police Department reported 30 sworn officers and 9 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.1 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 27,249.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 Moscow says about itself
The Moscow Police Department's mission is to provide public safety services that are designed to fairly, efficiently, and effectively prevent crime and safeguard lives and property.
What Moscow does
The Moscow Police Department describes its mission around providing professional law-enforcement service, protecting life and property, preventing and investigating crime and maintaining public safety. Official City materials emphasize integrity, professionalism, service, accountability and community partnership
Where the figure comes from
Checked 8 August 2026. This figure was advertised on the state POST job board on that date; postings there rotate, so the listing itself may since have closed. Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training official Law Enforcement Job Postings — Moscow Police Departme — open the source document
Current official state-hosted posting verified 8 August 2026; $30.55/hour minimum annualized at 2,080 hours;
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 Moscow 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. Moscow starts at $63,544, so $7,743 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Moscow Police Department officer make?
Moscow Police Department starts a new officer on $63,544 a year, about $30.55 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 Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training official Law Enforcement Job Postings — Moscow Police Departme.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Idaho?
It ranks #10 of 51 agencies we have verified in Idaho — 41 pay less, 9 pay more in the state — and #1,079 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $4,846 below, and against other municipal agencies $7,720 below.
Compare with another department
Put Moscow 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 ID
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Moscow | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun Valley Police Department | Municipal | — | $75,005 | +$11,461 | #558 |
| 2 | Blaine County Sheriff's Office | County | 20 | $74,526 | +$10,982 | #577 |
| 3 | Boise Police Department | Municipal | 326 | $69,514 | +$5,970 | #791 |
| 4 | Meridian Police Department | Municipal | 109 | $67,621 | +$4,077 | #885 |
| 5 | Post Falls Police Department | Municipal | 52 | $67,330 | +$3,786 | #904 |
| 6 | Coeur d'Alene Police Department | Municipal | 94 | $66,872 | +$3,328 | #925 |
| 7 | Kootenai County Sheriff's Office | County | 104 | $65,291 | +$1,747 | #1,006 |
| 8 | Ada County Sheriff's Office | County | 220 | $64,896 | +$1,352 | #1,030 |
| 9 | McCall Police Department | Municipal | 12 | $63,773 | +$229 | #1,069 |
| 11 | Lewiston Police Department | Municipal | 46 | $63,321 | −$223 | #1,094 |
| 12 | Idaho State Police | State | 311 | $62,546 | −$998 | #1,128 |
| 13 | Bellevue Marshal's Office | Municipal | 5 | $60,320 | −$3,224 | #1,223 |
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