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Mount Juliet 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.
Mount Juliet Police Department starts at $49,686 a year — about $23.89 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $16,999 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $18,454 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Tennessee run about 8% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $54,083 would somewhere at average prices — $4,397 more than the headline figure. Most of that is utilities, at 72 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 isMount Juliet Police Department reported 83 sworn officers and 29 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.8 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 45,237.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 Mount Juliet says about itself
The 100 full-time employees and nearly 50 volunteers of the Mt. Juliet Police Department are committed to keeping you, your family, and our community safe by providing the best possible service and being community strong.
What Mount Juliet does
The Mt. Juliet Police Department serves the City of Mt. Juliet in Wilson County, Tennessee.
Mount Juliet’s rotation, in BlueShifts
"12-Hour Shift / 84 hours a pay period (2 weeks) / Set Shift (Day: 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. or Night: 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.) / Rotating days off (off every other Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) / Week One: Work Monday & Tuesday, Off Wednesday & Thursday, Work Friday, Saturday, & Sunday / Week Two: Off Monday & Tuesday, Work Wednesday & Thursday, Off Friday, Saturday, & Sunday"
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September 2026
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Where the figure comes from
Checked 20 September 2026. City of Mt. Juliet, Join Mt. Juliet PD, Police Officer Payscale, Step 1 (new hire) — open the source document
No effective date on the payscale, read 20 September 2026; the same page refers to the FY 23/24 merit bonus, so the table may predate FY2026. $22.75/hr on an 84-hour fortnight (2,184 hours); step 7 is $70,652.
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 Mount Juliet 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. Mount Juliet starts at $49,686, so $18,454 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Mount Juliet Police Department officer make?
Mount Juliet Police Department starts a new officer on $49,686 a year, about $23.89 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 City of Mt. Juliet, Join Mt. Juliet PD, Police Officer Payscale, Step 1 (new hire).
Is that good pay for a police officer in Tennessee?
It ranks #23 of 26 agencies we have verified in Tennessee — 3 pay less, 22 pay more in the state — and #2,099 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $16,999 below, and against other municipal agencies $18,454 below.
What shifts do Mount Juliet Police Department officers work?
"12-Hour Shift / 84 hours a pay period (2 weeks) / Set Shift (Day: 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. or Night: 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.) / Rotating days off (off every other Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) / Week One: Work Monday & Tuesday, Off Wednesday & Thursday, Work Friday, Saturday, & Sunday / Week Two: Off Monday & Tuesday, Work Wednesday & Thursday, Off Friday, Saturday, & Sunday" That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Mount Juliet 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 TN
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Mount | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brentwood Police Department | Municipal | 67 | $75,804 | +$26,118 | #640 |
| 2 | Metropolitan Nashville Police Department | Municipal | 1,546 | $70,904 | +$21,218 | #888 |
| 3 | Murfreesboro Police Department | Municipal | 313 | $67,922 | +$18,236 | #1,063 |
| 4 | Tennessee Bureau of Investigation | State | 484 | $67,764 | +$18,078 | #1,070 |
| 5 | Germantown Police Department | Municipal | 113 | $66,773 | +$17,087 | #1,135 |
| 6 | Smyrna Police Department | Municipal | 106 | $66,305 | +$16,619 | #1,171 |
| 7 | Tennessee Highway Patrol | State | — | $65,804 | +$16,118 | #1,201 |
| 8 | Hendersonville Police Department | Municipal | 134 | $65,654 | +$15,968 | #1,211 |
| 9 | Franklin Police Department | Municipal | 138 | $65,000 | +$15,314 | #1,256 |
| 10 | Chattanooga Police Department | Municipal | 397 | $60,460 | +$10,774 | #1,538 |
| 11 | Pigeon Forge Police Department | Municipal | 71 | $60,014 | +$10,328 | #1,565 |
| 12 | Collierville Police Department | Municipal | 115 | $60,000 | +$10,314 | #1,584 |
Base pay is only part of the year
Whatever the figure above, the rotation is what decides your year — which weekends you lose, when the changeovers land, what you can plan around. Save yours once and BlueShifts shows it a year ahead, with the off-duty jobs you take and what each one paid.
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