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Orange Park 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.
Orange Park Police Department starts at $50,209 a year — about $24.14 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $16,476 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $17,931 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Florida run about 3% above the national average, so this is worth roughly $48,551 somewhere at average prices — $1,658 less than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 122 against a national average of 100, 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 isOrange Park Police Department reported 26 sworn officers and 9 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 2.9 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 8,969.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 Orange Park says about itself
The Police Department is responsible for all law enforcement and public safety of Town residents and businesses including 24-hour/7 days per week officer patrol, traffic enforcement, neighborhood checks, dispatch services and school crossing guards.
What Orange Park does
The Orange Park Police Department is the municipal force for the Town of Orange Park in Clay County, a town of about 9,100 on the St. Johns River south of Jacksonville, founded in 1877. It is responsible for all law enforcement and public safety for the Town's residents and businesses, including round-the-clock patrol, traffic enforcement, neighbourhood checks, dispatch services and school crossing guards, and works alongside the Clay County Sheriff's Office and the neighbouring Green Cove Springs department.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 31 August 2026. Certified Police Officer, Join Our Team, Orange Park Police Department, Town of Orange Park. — open the source document
ENTRY MINIMUM $50,209 in the state's own 2025 survey, with a detective minimum of $52,719, a sergeant minimum of $63,421 and a lieutenant minimum of $69,763. The Town publishes no rate. THE DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSIBILITIES ARE PUBLISHED IN FULL AND INCLUDE DISPATCH AND SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS alongside 24-hour patrol, traffic enforcement and neighbourhood checks - a town of 9,000 running its own communications rather than buying county dispatch. Its current chief was appointed in May 2024 after serving as assistant chief, and has made corporal-level leadership training through the FBI and the FDLE Florida Leadership Academy a priority, with specialised critical-incident training for all supervisors. VERIFIED against the Town's own current posting, 28 August 2026: the range runs $50,209 to $73,744 and its floor is the figure published here.
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 Orange Park 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. Orange Park starts at $50,209, so $17,931 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Orange Park Police Department officer make?
Orange Park Police Department starts a new officer on $50,209 a year, about $24.14 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 Certified Police Officer, Join Our Team, Orange Park Police Department, Town of Orange Park..
Is that good pay for a police officer in Florida?
It ranks #248 of 303 agencies we have verified in Florida — 55 pay less, 247 pay more in the state — and #2,069 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $16,476 below, and against other municipal agencies $17,931 below.
Compare with another department
Put Orange Park 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 FL
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Orange | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boca Raton Police Services Department | Municipal | 195 | $91,007 | +$40,798 | #244 |
| 2 | Fort Lauderdale Police Department | Municipal | 565 | $81,723 | +$31,514 | #433 |
| 3 | Plantation Police Department | Municipal | 164 | $81,000 | +$30,791 | #459 |
| 4 | Hillsboro Beach Police Department | Municipal | 15 | $80,954 | +$30,745 | #461 |
| 5 | Pinecrest Police Department | Municipal | 47 | $80,912 | +$30,703 | #464 |
| 6 | Sunny Isles Beach Police Department | Municipal | 65 | $80,000 | +$29,791 | #496 |
| 7 | Indian Creek Village Public Safety Department | Municipal | 10 | $79,850 | +$29,641 | #500 |
| 8 | Sunrise Police Department | Municipal | 190 | $79,071 | +$28,862 | #520 |
| 9 | Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office | County | 1,720 | $78,828 | +$28,619 | #526 |
| 10 | Aventura Police Department | Municipal | 91 | $78,556 | +$28,347 | #536 |
| 11 | Longboat Key Police Department | Municipal | 19 | $78,430 | +$28,221 | #543 |
| 12 | Manalapan Police Department | Municipal | 13 | $78,280 | +$28,071 | #549 |
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