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North Richland Hills 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 Richland Hills Police Department starts at $78,678 a year — about $37.83 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $11,993 above the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $10,538 above the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Texas run about 3% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $81,064 would somewhere at average prices — $2,386 more than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: utilities at 88, where goods are 98. 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 isNorth Richland Hills Police Department reported 117 sworn officers and 79 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.6 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 71,725.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 Richland Hills says about itself
Building trust. Serving with integrity. Protecting with honour. The vision of the North Richland Hills Police Department is a safe, secure community built on trust and strong partnerships, where people have full confidence in their police department. Its values are SHIELD - Service, Honour, Integrity, Life and De-escalation - which the department describes as the embodiment of its service to the community, to each other and to themselves.
What North Richland Hills does
North Richland Hills Police Department runs around 120 sworn positions and 89 professional staff under a SHIELD ethos, with K-9, SWAT, forensics, mental health, victim services, school resource and drone units. It works a Beat Management Program in which officers, a sergeant and a lieutenant are assigned permanently to one of six districts, and is funded in part by a voter-approved half-cent crime control sales tax first passed in 1996
Where the figure comes from
Checked 19 August 2026. North Richland Hills Police Department recruiting site, Officer Pay Range effective 1 October 2025 — open the source document
Their source is effective 1 October 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.
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How this level compares
Where North Richland Hills 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 Richland Hills starts at $78,678, so $10,538 above the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a North Richland Hills Police Department officer make?
North Richland Hills Police Department starts a new officer on $78,678 a year, about $37.83 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 North Richland Hills Police Department recruiting site, Officer Pay Range effective 1 October 2025.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Texas?
It ranks #37 of 151 agencies we have verified in Texas — 114 pay less, 36 pay more in the state — and #530 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $11,993 above, and against other municipal agencies $10,538 above.
Compare with another department
Put North Richland Hills 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 TX
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs North | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allen Police Department | Municipal | 153 | $91,106 | +$12,428 | #241 |
| 2 | Frisco Police Department | Municipal | 270 | $90,750 | +$12,072 | #252 |
| 3 | Plano Police Department | Municipal | 400 | $90,729 | +$12,051 | #253 |
| 4 | Grand Prairie Police Department | Municipal | 287 | $90,000 | +$11,322 | #270 |
| 5 | Hurst Police Department | Municipal | 61 | $87,048 | +$8,370 | #322 |
| 6 | Lewisville Police Department | Municipal | 181 | $86,268 | +$7,590 | #335 |
| 7 | Coppell Police Department | Municipal | 60 | $84,968 | +$6,290 | #355 |
| 8 | Rockwall Police Department | Municipal | 95 | $84,448 | +$5,770 | #362 |
| 9 | Farmers Branch Police Department | Municipal | 83 | $84,440 | +$5,762 | #363 |
| 10 | The Colony Police Department | Municipal | 86 | $84,082 | +$5,404 | #371 |
| 11 | Baytown Police Department | Municipal | 172 | $84,049 | +$5,371 | #372 |
| 12 | McKinney Police Department | Municipal | 248 | $83,992 | +$5,314 | #374 |
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