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Oklahoma City 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.
Oklahoma City Police Department starts at $47,460 a year — about $22.82 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $20,930 below the median of the 1,681 agencies on this list, and $23,804 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Oklahoma City, OK run about 10% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $52,496 would somewhere at average prices — $5,035 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 74 against a national average of 100, where goods are 94. Based on price levels for this metropolitan 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 isOklahoma City Police Department reported 1,108 sworn officers and 347 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 1.5 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 720,580.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.
About Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Police Officers perform sworn law-enforcement work enforcing federal and state laws and city ordinances. After academy completion, probationary officers enter field duty involving routine and complex law-enforcement responsibilities, public interaction, patrol, investigations, and specialized assignments.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. employer-controlled NEOGOV Police Officer posting — open the source document
Their source is effective 8 April 2019.
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 Oklahoma City 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. Oklahoma City starts at $47,460, so $23,827 below the municipal middle.
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How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Oklahoma City Police Department officer make?
Oklahoma City Police Department starts a new officer on $47,460 a year, about $22.82 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 Oklahoma?
It ranks #10 of 12 agencies we have verified in Oklahoma — 2 pay less, 9 pay more in the state — and #1,605 of 1,681 nationally. Against the national median it is $20,930 below, and against other municipal agencies $23,804 below.
Compare with another department
Put Oklahoma City 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 OK
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Oklahoma | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Broken Arrow Police Department | Municipal | 168 | $72,004 | +$24,544 | #666 |
| 2 | Moore Police Department | Municipal | 107 | $70,796 | +$23,336 | #737 |
| 3 | Edmond Police Department | Municipal | 126 | $68,481 | +$21,021 | #837 |
| 4 | Oklahoma Highway Patrol | State | 789 | $67,900 | +$20,439 | #868 |
| 5 | Yukon Police Department | Municipal | 53 | $63,058 | +$15,598 | #1,108 |
| 6 | Tulsa County Sheriff's Office | County | 223 | $60,000 | +$12,540 | #1,246 |
| 7 | Enid Police Department | Municipal | 96 | $56,243 | +$8,783 | #1,391 |
| 8 | Lawton Police Department | Municipal | 167 | $56,118 | +$8,658 | #1,394 |
| 9 | Coweta Police Department | Municipal | 17 | $49,271 | +$1,811 | #1,582 |
| 11 | Ardmore Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $45,178 | −$2,283 | #1,627 |
| 12 | Tulsa Community College Police Department | Special jurisdiction | 28 | $44,886 | −$2,574 | #1,635 |
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