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North Las Vegas 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.
North Las Vegas Police Department starts at $68,099 a year — about $32.74 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $1,414 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $41 below the median for municipal agencies.
How big the department isNorth Las Vegas Police Department reported 315 sworn officers and 318 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.0 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 302,881.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 North Las Vegas says about itself
The mission of NLVPD is to enforce state, federal and local laws within the framework of the Constitution. We encourage the involvement of the community to assist in holding those who commit crimes accountable.
What North Las Vegas does
North Las Vegas Police Department provides municipal law-enforcement service and recruits Police Officers for patrol and specialized assignments.
Shifts at North Las Vegas
Two-squad setup to enable officers a weekend day off.
A two-squad rotation is built so a weekend day lands on your side of the split - but which weekend, and how often, is the part nobody can keep in their head. BlueShifts works it out for the whole year.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. City of North Las Vegas Police Represented Jobs Pay Scale — open the source document
Their source is effective 26 July 2025.
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 North Las Vegas 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. North Las Vegas starts at $68,099, so $41 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a North Las Vegas Police Department officer make?
North Las Vegas Police Department starts a new officer on $68,099 a year, about $32.74 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 North Las Vegas Police Represented Jobs Pay Scale.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Nevada?
It ranks #7 of 26 agencies we have verified in Nevada — 19 pay less, 6 pay more in the state — and #1,048 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $1,414 above, and against other municipal agencies $41 below.
What shifts do North Las Vegas Police Department officers work?
Two-squad setup to enable officers a weekend day off. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put North Las Vegas 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 NV
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs North | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nevada Gaming Control Board — Enforcement Division | State | 63 | $102,692 | +$34,593 | #103 |
| 2 | Boulder City Police Department | Municipal | 35 | $75,941 | +$7,842 | #633 |
| 3 | Washoe County Sheriff's Office | County | 465 | $75,296 | +$7,197 | #661 |
| 4 | Sparks Police Department | Municipal | 122 | $74,360 | +$6,261 | #703 |
| 5 | Henderson Police Department | Municipal | 534 | $71,885 | +$3,786 | #820 |
| 6 | Reno Police Department | Municipal | 336 | $68,890 | +$790 | #999 |
| 8 | Nevada State Police — Highway Patrol | State | — | $67,939 | −$160 | #1,061 |
| 9 | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department | Municipal | 3,226 | $67,662 | −$437 | #1,081 |
| 10 | Douglas County Sheriff's Office | County | 104 | $66,851 | −$1,248 | #1,131 |
| 11 | Churchill County Sheriff's Office | County | 40 | $65,312 | −$2,787 | #1,238 |
| 12 | Lyon County Sheriff's Office | County | 63 | $64,764 | −$3,335 | #1,278 |
| 13 | Clark County Office of Public Safety | Municipal | — | $64,022 | −$4,077 | #1,316 |
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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