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Nampa 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.
Nampa Police Department starts at $64,626 a year — about $31.07 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $2,059 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $3,514 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 $67,675 would somewhere at average prices — $3,049 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 isNampa Police Department reported 154 sworn officers and 69 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.3 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 121,713.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 Nampa says about itself
The Nampa Police Department has 113 full-time sworn officers, 2 sworn volunteer reserve officers, 53 civilian personnel and 55 civilian volunteers.
What Nampa does
The Nampa Police Department serves the City of Nampa, Idaho. It was founded as a one-member department in 1891.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 19 September 2026. Nampa Police Department Police Officer career page, Nampa Police Pay Scale, PO I — open the source document
FY 2026 rate; $31.07/hr for PO I (0-23 months), annualized at 2,080 hours. The FY 2025 rate was $30.24/hr.
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 Nampa 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. Nampa starts at $64,626, so $3,514 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Nampa Police Department officer make?
Nampa Police Department starts a new officer on $64,626 a year, about $31.07 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 Nampa Police Department Police Officer career page, Nampa Police Pay Scale, PO I.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Idaho?
It ranks #10 of 54 agencies we have verified in Idaho — 44 pay less, 9 pay more in the state — and #1,286 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $2,059 below, and against other municipal agencies $3,514 below.
Compare with another department
Put Nampa 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 Nampa | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun Valley Police Department | Municipal | 12 | $75,005 | +$10,379 | #675 |
| 2 | Blaine County Sheriff's Office | County | 20 | $74,526 | +$9,901 | #697 |
| 3 | Hailey Police Department | Municipal | — | $72,280 | +$7,654 | #797 |
| 4 | Boise Police Department | Municipal | 326 | $69,514 | +$4,888 | #965 |
| 5 | Meridian Police Department | Municipal | 109 | $67,621 | +$2,995 | #1,085 |
| 6 | Post Falls Police Department | Municipal | 52 | $67,330 | +$2,704 | #1,106 |
| 7 | Coeur d'Alene Police Department | Municipal | 94 | $66,872 | +$2,246 | #1,130 |
| 8 | Kootenai County Sheriff's Office | County | 104 | $65,291 | +$666 | #1,239 |
| 9 | Ada County Sheriff's Office | County | 220 | $64,896 | +$270 | #1,270 |
| 11 | McCall Police Department | Municipal | 12 | $63,773 | −$853 | #1,332 |
| 12 | Moscow Police Department | Municipal | 30 | $63,544 | −$1,082 | #1,344 |
| 13 | Lewiston Police Department | Municipal | 46 | $63,321 | −$1,305 | #1,363 |
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