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New Castle City 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.
New Castle City Police Department starts at $75,338 a year — about $36.22 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $6,948 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $4,074 above the median for municipal agencies.
What New Castle City says about itself
The New Castle City Police Department will strive to be an innovative, community-oriented police department, committed to providing professional service. Our core responsibility is to Protect and to Serve the residents and visitors of New Castle.
What New Castle City does
The mission of the New Castle City Police Department is to work in partnership with the community to reduce crime and to enhance the quality of life for the residents and visitors of New Castle.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 16 August 2026. Join Delaware — City of New Castle Police Department, the State of Delaware's official police recruitment site — open the source document
The City of New Castle Police Department publishes a salary of $75,338.37 effective 1 July 2026 on completing the academy. Officers work 11 and a half hour shifts with every other weekend off, may take a vehicle home, and retire on the State Municipal Police Pension after twenty years. Officers are covered by FOP Lodge 1.
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 New Castle City 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. New Castle City starts at $75,338, so $4,051 above the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a New Castle City Police Department officer make?
New Castle City Police Department starts a new officer on $75,338 a year, about $36.22 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 Join Delaware — City of New Castle Police Department, the State of Delaware's official police recruitment site.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Delaware?
It ranks #2 of 14 agencies we have verified in Delaware — 12 pay less, 1 pay more in the state — and #544 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $6,948 above, and against other municipal agencies $4,074 above.
Compare with another department
Put New Castle City 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 DE
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs New | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delaware State Police | State | 783 | $91,265 | +$15,927 | #189 |
| 3 | University of Delaware Police Department | Special jurisdiction | 48 | $74,679 | −$659 | #570 |
| 4 | Middletown Police Department | Municipal | 38 | $74,550 | −$788 | #576 |
| 5 | New Castle County Police | County | 414 | $74,453 | −$885 | #582 |
| 6 | Dover Police Department | Municipal | 101 | $72,000 | −$3,338 | #668 |
| 7 | Newark Police Department | Municipal | 72 | $70,000 | −$5,338 | #767 |
| 8 | Selbyville Police Department | Municipal | 10 | $68,788 | −$6,551 | #824 |
| 9 | Seaford Police Department | Municipal | 31 | $68,474 | −$6,865 | #838 |
| 10 | Milford Police Department | Municipal | 35 | $67,971 | −$7,367 | #864 |
| 11 | Wilmington Police Department | Municipal | 279 | $67,600 | −$7,738 | #888 |
| 12 | Cheswold Police Department | Municipal | 4 | $57,500 | −$17,838 | #1,359 |
| 13 | Delaware Capitol Police | State | — | $53,807 | −$21,531 | #1,475 |
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