BlueShifts shield logo BlueShiftsPolice Calendar app

HomePolice payOregon › Newport Police Department

Newport 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.

Newport Police Department starts at $69,804 a year — about $33.56 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $1,414 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $1,460 below the median for municipal agencies.

Cost of livingPrices in Oregon run about 3% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $67,534 somewhere at average prices — $2,270 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 109 against a national average of 100, where goods are 105. 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 isNewport Police Department reported 21 sworn officers and 7 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.9 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 10,973.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 Newport says about itself

The mission of the Newport Police Department is to consistently invest available resources toward our City's reputation as a safe place to live, work, play, learn, and visit.

What Newport does

Newport Police Officers protect the city's reputation as a safe place to live, work, play, learn and visit. Officers serve through patrol, investigations, law enforcement, emergency response and community partnership.

Where the figure comes from

Checked 10 August 2026. employer-controlled NEOGOV Police Officer posting — open the source document
Their source is effective 20 February 2026.
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 Newport sits is partly about the agency and partly about which level of policing it belongs to. The three levels do not pay the same.

LevelLowestMedianHighestAgencies
Municipal$35,006$71,287$163,6191046
County$36,492$65,374$132,263416
Special jurisdiction$31,200$60,195$107,95469
State$33,994$64,998$102,692143
Federal$70,477$73,502$86,5305
Territory$16,640$28,236$43,3549
What this shows

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. Newport starts at $69,804, so $1,483 below the municipal middle.

BlueShifts app icon

BlueShifts. Plan Your Year. Own Your Time.

The shift calendar built for your rotation, off-duty work, and life on and off the clock.

Save your shift schedule once and BlueShifts fills the rest of the year in.

How it ranks

Nationally #782of 1,681 agencies Top 47% of everything we have verified
In OR #34of 46 agencies 12 pay less, 33 pay more
Hourly to start $34on a 2,080-hour year Base pay only, before overtime or any differential

Common questions

How much does a Newport Police Department officer make?

Newport Police Department starts a new officer on $69,804 a year, about $33.56 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 employer-controlled NEOGOV Police Officer posting.

Is that good pay for a police officer in Oregon?

It ranks #34 of 46 agencies we have verified in Oregon — 12 pay less, 33 pay more in the state — and #782 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $1,414 above, and against other municipal agencies $1,460 below.

Compare with another department

Put Newport 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.

Compare Newport

The agencies either side of it

Other agencies in OR

Go
#AgencyLevelSworn #Entry payVs NewportNational
1Tigard Police DepartmentMunicipal71$86,596+$16,792#271
2Bend Police DepartmentMunicipal107$86,432+$16,628#273
3Washington County Sheriff's OfficeCounty219$85,738+$15,934#280
4Gresham Police DepartmentMunicipal123 / 134$84,968+$15,164#292
5Portland Police BureauMunicipal809$84,000+$14,196#308
6Hillsboro Police DepartmentMunicipal144$83,988+$14,184#311
7Corvallis Police DepartmentMunicipal67$82,747+$12,943#337
8Lane County Sheriff's OfficeCounty75$82,181+$12,377#344
9Multnomah County Sheriff's OfficeCounty132$82,035+$12,231#348
10Tualatin Police DepartmentMunicipal38$81,973+$12,169#349
11Oregon City Police DepartmentMunicipal38 / 46$81,564+$11,760#359
12Salem Police DepartmentMunicipal185$81,349+$11,545#366

Know someone who should see this?

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.

Scan to install

QR code that opens BlueShifts on the App Store
iPhone
QR code that opens BlueShifts on Google Play
Android