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North Slope Borough 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 Slope Borough Police Department starts at $94,120 a year — about $45.25 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $25,730 above the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $28,746 above the median for county agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in rural Alaska run about 4% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $97,821 would somewhere at average prices — $3,701 more than the headline figure. Most of that is utilities, at 132 against a national average of 100, where goods are 104. Based on price levels for the non-metropolitan part of this state, because this agency is outside every 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 Slope Borough Police Department reported 47 sworn officers and 27 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 4.5 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 10,510.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 Slope Borough says about itself
To work in partnership with citizens to create safe, healthy communities, while respecting cultural diversity and preserving the distinctive quality of life in the North Slope Borough.
What North Slope Borough does
NSBPD delivers law enforcement across the North Slope Borough from its hub in Utqiagvik, where it runs a State of Alaska Community Jail and a 24-hour dispatch center, with sub-stations in each of the seven remote villages and at Prudhoe Bay.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 9 August 2026. North Slope Borough Police Officer employer job and classification page — open the source document
Their source is effective 22 December 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 Slope Borough 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. North Slope Borough starts at $94,120, so $28,746 above the county middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a North Slope Borough Police Department officer make?
North Slope Borough Police Department starts a new officer on $94,120 a year, about $45.25 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 Slope Borough Police Officer employer job and classification page.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Alaska?
It ranks #2 of 11 agencies we have verified in Alaska — 9 pay less, 1 pay more in the state — and #153 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $25,730 above, and against other county agencies $28,746 above.
Compare with another department
Put North Slope Borough 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 AK
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs North | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska State Troopers | State | 363 | $97,365 | +$3,245 | #121 |
| 3 | Anchorage Police Department | Municipal | 369 | $85,405 | −$8,715 | #284 |
| 4 | Juneau Police Department | Municipal | 41 | $84,490 | −$9,630 | #299 |
| 5 | Wasilla Police Department | Municipal | 29 | $80,558 | −$13,562 | #392 |
| 6 | Ketchikan Police Department | Municipal | 21 | $79,726 | −$14,394 | #415 |
| 7 | Kenai Police Department | Municipal | 17 | $79,414 | −$14,706 | #422 |
| 8 | Petersburg Borough Police Department | Municipal | — | $71,406 | −$22,714 | #701 |
| 9 | Bristol Bay Borough Police Department | County | 4 | $68,390 | −$25,730 | #841 |
| 10 | Haines Borough Police Department | Municipal | — | $66,768 | −$27,352 | #930 |
| 11 | Palmer Police Department | Municipal | 17 | $60,840 | −$33,280 | #1,202 |
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