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Newton 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.
Newton Police Department starts at $68,313 a year — about $32.84 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $1,628 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $173 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Iowa run about 12% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $77,839 would somewhere at average prices — $9,526 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 65 against a national average of 100, where goods are 94. 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 isNewton Police Department reported 27 sworn officers and 6 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.7 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 15,699.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 Newton says about itself
The Newton Police Department is a full-service law enforcement agency.
What Newton does
The Newton Police Department is the municipal force for the City of Newton, the seat of Jasper County in central Iowa on Interstate 80. The City describes it as a full-service agency with 27 sworn officers serving about 15,750 residents.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 26 September 2026. City of Newton, Police Careers page: "Entry level non-certified police officer salary is $68,313 and increases to $92,832 after seven years of service." — open the source document
The City labels $68,313 the entry-level salary for a new officer, used as printed. Its only certified line - "starting salary is up to $81,898 ... depending on qualifications" - is a ceiling for officers with prior service, so it is not the figure. The page is undated; the City gave $55,884 as the non-certified start in February 2022, so this figure is later than that. Excluded: shift differentials and bilingual pay.
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 Newton 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. Newton starts at $68,313, so $173 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Newton Police Department officer make?
Newton Police Department starts a new officer on $68,313 a year, about $32.84 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 Newton, Police Careers page: "Entry level non-certified police officer salary is $68,313 and increases to $92,832 after seven years of service.".
Is that good pay for a police officer in Iowa?
It ranks #18 of 34 agencies we have verified in Iowa — 16 pay less, 17 pay more in the state — and #1,033 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $1,628 above, and against other municipal agencies $173 above.
Compare with another department
Put Newton 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 IA
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Newton | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa County Sheriff's Office | County | 14 | $85,550 | +$17,237 | #342 |
| 2 | Des Moines Police Department | Municipal | 367 | $84,635 | +$16,322 | #359 |
| 3 | Norwalk Police Department | Municipal | 22 | $76,710 | +$8,397 | #593 |
| 4 | Ankeny Police Department | Municipal | 78 | $76,648 | +$8,335 | #599 |
| 5 | Urbandale Police Department | Municipal | 58 | $76,028 | +$7,715 | #625 |
| 6 | Waterloo Police Department | Municipal | 124 | $74,776 | +$6,463 | #683 |
| 7 | Woodbury County Sheriff's Office | County | 44 | $73,944 | +$5,631 | #721 |
| 8 | Linn County Sheriff's Office | County | 120 | $73,216 | +$4,903 | #746 |
| 9 | Chickasaw County Sheriff's Office | County | 10 | $71,822 | +$3,509 | #827 |
| 10 | Mason City Police Department | Municipal | 40 | $71,448 | +$3,135 | #847 |
| 11 | Dubuque County Sheriff's Office | County | 75 | $70,970 | +$2,657 | #881 |
| 12 | Johnson County Sheriff's Office | County | 81 | $70,871 | +$2,558 | #889 |
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